Aditya has just finished 204 pages of a storybook. He plans to read the next of the book in the next 7 days by reading the same number of pages each day. If he reads 35% of the book in the next 5 days. How many pages does the book have ?
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Aditya has just finished 204 pages of a storybook. He plans to read the next of the book in the next 7 days by reading the same number of pages each day. If he reads 35% of the book in the next 5 days. How many pages does the book have ?
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Answer:
The book has 917 pages
Step-by-step explanation:
Pages read at beginning=204
Pages planned to be read in next 7 days =204+(204{read earlier})
Pages per day=204/7 =Approx.23 pages
If the book completion is 35% after 5 days which is equals to= (23×5)+206=321 (35%) 206 read at beginning and 23x5 Is as per the question
if 321 is 35% the remaining is 596
321+596=917 No. of pages
35% of 917 is 321
Hence answer is correct
(Plz ignore some grammatical mistakes)