Problema Solution

Mindy created a photo book at a website. The price of the book was $26.99 for the first 20 pages plus $1.49 for each additional 2 pages. If she spent $31.46 on the book, how many pages did it contain?

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let x be the number of additional pages


26.99 + 1.49*x/2 = 31.46


by solving we find


x = 6 pages


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20 + 6 = 26


the total number of pages is 26.