Question

mimi read 1/4 of a book on wednesday. she read 82 more pages on thursday, and she finished the book on friday by reading the last 98 pages. how many pages were in mimi's book.

Answer 1

240 pages

Explanation:

Let x = the TOTAL number of pages in the book. So we'll add up all her reading for the week and it should equal x, the total number of pages.

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