Question

John has read the first 114 pages of a novel. He has read 3 pages less than one-third of the novel.

Write an equation to describe the total number of pages p in the novel, and find the value of p.

Answer 1

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novels total page x



1/3x-3=114


1/3x=117


x=3.117


x=351

Answer 2

Read the text and write things you read one by one:
he says he read 1/3 of his novel. Let x represent number of pages of the novel.
1/3x is one third of that novel.

3 pages less than one third is:
1/3x - 3

and that represents 114 pages that he read.
now we make that equal to 114 and solve for x

1/3x - 3 = 114
1/3x = 114 + 3 = 117
x = 351

Answer is 351 pages