SOLUTION: Nasir read 60 pages of a book on the first day. This was 20% more than the number of pages he read on the second day. Given that he read 1/6 of the book on the.second day, find th

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Question 812422: Nasir read 60 pages of a book on the first day. This was 20% more than the number of pages he read on the second day. Given that he read 1/6 of the book on the.second day, find the number of pages in the book he had read.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let +n+ = the number of pages he read on the 2nd day
+60+=+n+%2B+.2n+
+1.2n+=+60+
+n+=+50+
+60+%2B+50+=+110+
He read 110 pages of the book
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I think the fact that he read 1/6 of the book
on the 2nd day is not relevant to the problem