Question

Linda has 50 pages in her scrapbook. She used 8 pages for things about her family. Two-thirds of the remaining pages are about her friends, and the rest are blank. How many blank pages remain? You can use reasoning to solve the problem

Answer 1

After using 8 of 50 pages for family, Linda has 42 pages left. Two-thirds dedicated to friends equals 28 pages, thus leaving her with 14 blank pages in her scrapbook.

Step-by-step explanation:

Linda starts with 50 pages in her scrapbook and uses 8 for her family. To find the remaining pages, we subtract the 8 family pages from the total:

50 pages - 8 pages = 42 pages (remaining)

Two-thirds of these remaining pages are dedicated to her friends. To calculate this, we take two-thirds of 42:

(2/3) × 42 = 28 pages (about friends)

To find the number of blank pages, we subtract the pages about her friends from the remaining pages:

42 pages - 28 pages = 14 pages (blank)

Therefore, Linda has 14 blank pages remaining in her scrapbook.

Answer 2

14 pages remain blank

Step-by-step explanation:

subtract 50-8 and u get 42. 42 is how many pages r left so u figure out 2/3 of 42 which is 28 so 28 pages are about her friends. To figure out how many pages are left blank u would subtract 42-28. 42-28=14 so 14 pages r left blank.