document.write( "Question 1208196: Hi
\n" ); document.write( "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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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"63p-143%2A63-%2827%29%28p-143%29=14p\"--------this begins the result multiplying both sides by 63.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"63p-14p-27%28p-143%29=143%2A63\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"49p-27p%2B27%2A143=63%2A143\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2849-27%29p=143%2863-27%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"22p=5148\"\r
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