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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 Gil read last week

 Dec 15, 2014

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Let's see how StarMan may have arrived at that answer.

2/3rds of 276  = 184

And he only needs to read 20 pages tomorrow to have read 2/3rds of the book.

So.....184 - 20 = 164.......and that's how many pages he read last week.

 

 Dec 16, 2014
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164 pages i believe

 Dec 15, 2014
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Best Answer

Let's see how StarMan may have arrived at that answer.

2/3rds of 276  = 184

And he only needs to read 20 pages tomorrow to have read 2/3rds of the book.

So.....184 - 20 = 164.......and that's how many pages he read last week.

 

CPhill Dec 16, 2014

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