SOLUTION: Walter took a book from the library. On Monday he read 1/6 of the pages, on Tuesday he read 1/4 of the remaining pages, on Weds he read 2/5 of the remaining pages, and on Thursday

Question 499463: Walter took a book from the library. On Monday he read 1/6 of the pages, on Tuesday he read 1/4 of the remaining pages, on Weds he read 2/5 of the remaining pages, and on Thursday he read 1/3 of the pages that still remained. On friday he read the final remaining 84 pages. How many pages were in the book
Answer by chessace(471) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
multiply back by reciprical(1 - fraction read)
84 * (3/2) * (5/3) * (4/3) * 6/5)
=84 (4) = 336 pages

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