document.write( "Question 512841: Jay's favorite book is 182 pages less than three times Mitchel's favorite book. If both books have the same number of pages, how many pages are in Jay's book?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #342746 by geetha_rama(94)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let X be the number of pages in Mitchel's book \n" ); document.write( "Mumber of pages in Jay's book = 3X - 182 \n" ); document.write( "Both the books have same no: of pages\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=> X = 3X - 182 \n" ); document.write( "=> 2X = 182 \n" ); document.write( "X = 91\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Both the books have 91 pages \n" ); document.write( " |