SOLUTION: After reading ¾ of a magazine on Sunday, 0.2 of the remainder of the magazine on Monday and 10 more pages on Tuesday, Billy still had to read 42 pages to finish the magazine. How

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Question 1066042: After reading ¾ of a magazine on Sunday, 0.2 of the remainder of the magazine on Monday and 10 more pages on Tuesday, Billy still had to read 42 pages to finish the magazine. How many pages did he read on Sunday?
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After reading 3/4 of a magazine on Sunday, 0.2 of the remainder of the magazine on Monday and 10 more pages on Tuesday, Billy still had to read 42 pages to finish the magazine. How many pages did he read on Sunday?
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Sunday:: read 3/4x ; remainder = 1/4x
Monday:: read 0.2*0.25x = 0.05x ; remainder = 0.25x-0.05x = 0.2x
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Tuesday:: 0.2x = 42 pages
x = 420/2 = 210 pages
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Ans: Sunday = (3/4)x = (3/4)210 = 630/4 = 157.5 pages
Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
After reading ¾ of a magazine on Sunday, 0.2 of the remainder of the magazine on Monday and 10 more pages on Tuesday, Billy still had to read 42 pages to finish the magazine. How many pages did he read on Sunday?
 pages were read on Sunday.

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