Problema Solution

Muthu reads 20 pages of a book in a day. After 6 days, 2/5 of the book is still unread. How many pages are there in this book?

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let x = the number of the pages in the book


x - 20*6 = (2/5)x


by solving we find:


x = 200 pages


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there are 200 pages in the book.