document.write( "Question 1209475: Hi
\n" ); document.write( "If Bob reads 25 pages a day he will need one more day to finish a book. If he reads 30 pages a day he will finish 2 days ahead of schedule. How many pages are there in the book.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #848908 by timofer(104) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Maybe try to go directly to solve for number of pages.
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document.write( "reading rate       time         pages read\r\n" );
document.write( "     25             p/25                p\r\n" );
document.write( "     p/x            x                   p\r\n" );
document.write( "     30             p/30                p\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "From the description, the difference of how many days was 3.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"p%2F25-p%2F30=3\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"p%281%2F25-1%2F30%29=3\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"p%285%2A5%2A6%2F25-5%2A5%2A6%2F30%29=5%2A5%2A6%2A3\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"6p-5p=450\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"p=450\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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