SOLUTION: Jason reads an equal number of pages of a novel each day . After 12 days he has 5/8 of the novel left to read. After another 6 days , he has 140 pages left to read . How many page

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Question 888284: Jason reads an equal number of pages of a novel each day . After 12 days he has 5/8 of the novel left to read. After another 6 days , he has 140 pages left to read . How many pages are there in the novel?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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12x=5/8t,
18x=t-140
t=2240.0, x=116.67