Question

Dante wants to read a 425-page book in 3 days. He reads 178 pages on Monday and 146 pages on Tuesday. He wants to determine how many pages, p, he will have to read on Wednesday.

Answer 1

101 pages

Explanation:

first, you need to add the number of pages read on monday and the number of pages read on tuesday, and get 324. then, you subtract the number of pages read from the amount of pages there are, and get 101.

Answer 2

101 pages on Wednesday



Explanation:

425=178+146+p

Then you solve by adding the 178 and 146
425=324+p
Then subtract 324 from both sides
101=p