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Gil is reading a book that has 276 pages. on Monday, he read some pages, On Tuesday, he read twice as many pages than Monday. He plans to read 180 pages on Wednesday to finish the book. variable- equation-
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Gil is reading a book that has 276 pages. on Monday, he read some pages, On Tuesday, he read twice as many pages than Monday. He plans to read 180 pages on Wednesday to finish the book.

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Variable - let x equal how many pages Gil reads on Monday.

Equation
276= x + 2x + 180


276= 3x+180
X=32

Justify:

He read 2 times the amount of pages making it 2x from the original. He reads 180 to finish the book making the equation done.
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