SOLUTION: Karim read the book in 3 days. During the first day he read 1/5 of the book. During the second day he read 5/8 of what had left. On the third day he read 1/3 of what left and last
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Question 1057965: Karim read the book in 3 days. During the first day he read 1/5 of the book. During the second day he read 5/8 of what had left. On the third day he read 1/3 of what left and last 16 pages. How many pages was in the book? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the number of pages in the book
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He read on the 1st day,
so there are pages left
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On the 2nd day, he read
So far he has read
There are pages left
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On the 3rd day, he read the remaining pages,
so I can say:
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There were 80 pages in the book
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check:
The 1st day he read pages
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On the 2nd day, he read pages
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So far he has read pages
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On the 3rd day, he read the remaining pages
OK
Hope I got it!
