Sophia finished 3 2 of a book. She calculated that she finished 90 more pages than she has yet to read. How long is her book?
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Let the number of pages she read be
x
and the number or pages she has to read be
y
.
3
2
(
x
+
y
)
2
x
+
2
y
x
−
2
y
x
x
−
y
=
9
0
⟶
2
Subtracting
1
from
2
:
−
y
Substituting y = 90 in
2
:
−
x
−
9
0
x
x
∴
No. of pages
=
x
=
3
x
=
0
⟶
1
=
y
+
9
0
=
9
0
=
9
0
=
9
0
+
9
0
=
1
8
0
=
x
+
y
=
1
8
0
+
9
0
=
2
7
0
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Let the total number of pages be x
Sophia finished reading 3 2 x pages, and she has 3 1 x pages that she has yet to read.
The question stated that what she read is 9 0 pages more than what she hasn't read. This gives:
3 2 x − 3 1 x = 9 0 3 1 x = 9 0 x = 9 0 ( 3 ) = 2 7 0
Sophia's book is 2 7 0 pages long