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Question 936110: Gil is reading a book that has 276 pages. He has already read some of it last week. He plans to read 20 pages tomorrow. By then he will be 2/3 of the way through the book. How many pages did Hil read last week?
Found 2 solutions by TimothyLamb, josgarithmetic:
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = pages he read last week
y = pages he will read tomorrow = 20
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276*(2/3) = x + 20
x = 276*(2/3) - 20
x = 164
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answer:
x = pages he read last week = 164
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Unknown x pages read last week. x%2B20=%282%2F3%29276.
Left member is how many pages be read by end of tomorrow. Right member is the computable quantity of pages read by end of tomorrow.
Solve for x.