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Jocelyn has read 156 pages of a book. This is 4/5 of the entire book. How many pages does the book have?

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the book has 295 pages
Jocelyn has read 156 pages of a book. This is 4/5 of the entire book. How many pages-example-1
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195 pages. you would divide the total pages so far by the numerator. Then multiply that by the denominator 
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