SOLUTION: Hi James read 143 pages on Saturday and 3/7 of the remaining pages on Sunday. If he still had 2/9 of the book to read, how many pages were in the book.

SOLUTION: Hi James read 143 pages on Saturday and 3/7 of the remaining pages on Sunday. If he still had 2/9 of the book to read, how many pages were in the book.

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Question 1208196: Hi
James read 143 pages on Saturday and 3/7 of the remaining pages on Sunday. If he still had 2/9 of the book to read, how many pages were in the book.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p number of pages in the book

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