Peter is reading a 193 page book. He has read 3 more pages than one fourth of the number of pages he hasn't read.

A. How many pages has he not yet read?
B. Estimate how many days it will take Peter to finish the book if he reads 8 pages per day.

Question

Peter is reading a 193 page book. He has read 3 more pages than one fourth of the number of pages he hasn't read.


A. How many pages has he not yet read?
B. Estimate how many days it will take Peter to finish the book if he reads 8 pages per day.

anonymous · Answer

number of pages NP = 193
number pages read = r
number of pages not read = n
we can see that n+r = NP = 193
r = 3 + n/4

can you work from here? you need to solve the simultaneous linear equations.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you Rkopen!

anonymous · Answer

I would think that he started at the first page and is now 3 pages past a quarter of the book? If he has done so, then he has 142 pages left to read for part a. In part b, it will take him approximately 18 days to finish reading the book. This is only if he reads 8 pages per day after completing the first quarter + 3 pages.