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Joe has read ​30% of a book. He has 14 more pages to finish. How many pages are there in the​ book?

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70% = 14

so 30% = 6

total pages = 14+6=20

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Since Joe has read 30% of the book, that means that 14 pages is 70% of the book. That means that two pages equals 10%. Therefore, the book has 20 pages.

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