Question

Jacob read 21 pages of a book on Saturday. He read 5/9 of the remainder on Sunday. He still had a third of the book left to read.

1.How many pages were there in the book?
2.Find the ratio of the number of pages read on Saturday to the number of pages read on Sunday. Express the answer in the simplest form.

Answer 1

...Jacob read 21 pages from a book on Saturday. He read 5/9 of the rest on Sunday. He still had a third of the book to read.

1. How many pages were there in the book?

x= the number of pages

21+5x/9+x/3 =x

(189+5x+3x)/9=9x/9

8x+189=9x

8x-9x=-189

x=189

there were 189 pages

2. ratio between the number of pages read on Saturday=21/189=1/9 and the number of pages read on Sunday.= on Sunday he read 5/9 i.e. (189*5)/9=105 pages

ratio: 105/189=5/9

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