John has read the first 114 pages of a novel. He has read 3 pages less than one-third of the novel.
Write an equation to describe the total number of pages p in the novel, and find the value of p.
Hellpppppp

Question

John has read the first 114 pages of a novel. He has read 3 pages less than one-third of the novel.
Write an equation to describe the total number of pages p in the novel, and find the value of p.
Hellpppppp

bohotness · Answer

less than means you are going to subtract

mathmath333 · Answer

$\large\tt \begin{align} \color{black}{\dfrac{p}{3}-3=114}\end{align}$

bohotness · Answer

114 is equal to the number of pages he has read so far
let x represent the number of total pages in the book
set 114 equal to what 114 is as a part of the book(3 pages less than 1/3 the number of pages in the book)

anonymous · Answer

114+3+2/3P=P
114+3+117
Since 117 is 1/3 of the book, multiply it by 3
117*3=351