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Leo's book has 276 pages. Joan's book is 22 as long as Leo's book. How many pages does Joan's

book have? Please help asap :)

User HighFlyer
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Answer: Joan's book has 598 pages.

Explanation:

First, make an equation.

Leo's book = 276 pages

Joan's book = 276 (2 1/6)

It'll be easier for us to change it into an improper fraction. Remember you multiply the denominator by the coefficient and add the numerator for the new improper numerator.

SO,

we have 6 *2 = 12 +1 = 13. We keep the denominator the same in improper fraction. So now we have (13/6) x 276. You can either turn this fraction into a decimal or multiply it as is. I'm not sure if your problem allows you to have a calculator, but if not, you can do 276 x 13 = 3588 (through multiplication) and divide that by 6 (long division)which comes out to be 598.

Hopefully, I didn't understand your question wrong. Hope this helped! :)

User Govinda Rajbhar
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Answer:

298

Explanation:

The wording of this question is weird.

But I'm assuming that it's telling you that Joan's book is just as long as Leo's and then an extra 22 pages?

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