Problema Solution

Kim read 2 and 1/4 times as many pages on Saturday as on Sunday. She read 120 pages more on Saturday. How many pages did she read altogether?

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let


x = the number of pages Kim read on Saturday

y = the number of pages Kim read on Sunday


Kim read 2 and 1/4 times as many pages on Saturday as on Sunday


x = (9/4)y (since 2 1/4 = (2*4 + 1)/4 = 9/4)


She read 120 pages more on Saturday


x = y + 120


by solving the system of equations


x = (9/4)y

x = y + 120


we find


x = 216 pages


y = 96 pages


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216 + 96 = 312


Kim read 312 pages altogether.