Question

Kelly is reading a 1,248-page book. During the past 4 days she has read 384 pages. At this rate, how many more days will it take her to complete the book?

Answer 1

Kelly needs 9 more days to complete the entire book

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of pages Kelly has to read=1248 pages

Number of pages read in the past 5 days=384

To find:

The number of days Kelly needs to read the book?

Solution:

`\text {The rate at which kelly reads the pages}=\frac{\text { (Total no.of pages she has read) }}{\text { Total no.of days }}`

Substituting the values we get,

`\begin{array}{l}{\text { The rate at which Kelly reads the pages }=\text { (Total no. of pages she has read) / Total no. of }} \\ {\text { days }}\end{array}`

`\text { The rate at which Kelly reads the pages }=(384)/(4)`

The rate at which Kelly reads the pages=96 pages per day

`\text { The no. of days required }=\frac{\text { total pages }}{\text { rate of reading }}`

`\text { The no. of days required }=(864)/(96)`

The no. of days required = 9 days

Thus it takes 9 days to complete her book.