SOLUTION: Peter is reading a 193-page book. He has read three pages more than one fourth of the number of pages he hasn't yet read. a. How many pages has he not yet read? b. Estimate how m

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Question 520857: Peter is reading a 193-page book. He has read three pages more than one fourth of the number of pages he hasn't yet read.
a. How many pages has he not yet read?
b. Estimate how many days it will take Peter to finish the book if he reads about 8 pages per day.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the number of pages not read. Then he has read . What he has read plus what he has not read sum to 193, so:



Solve for for part a. Calculate for part b.

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