SOLUTION: Yesterday Jack read 2/5 of his book. Today, he read 3/4 of the rest of the book. Jack still has 36 pages left to read. How many pages does the book have?

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Question 882434: Yesterday Jack read 2/5 of his book. Today, he read 3/4 of the rest of the book. Jack still has 36 pages left to read. How many pages does the book have?
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x+-+%282%2F5%29x+-+%283%2F4%29%28x-%282%2F5%29x%29+=+36

x+-+%282%2F5%29x+-+%283%2F4%29x+%2B+%286%2F20%29x+=+36

 20x - 8x - 15x + 6x = 720

    3x = 720

     x = 240

CHECKING our answer***

240 - 96 - 180 + 72 = 36

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