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Gil is reading a book that has 240 pages. He already read some of it last week. He plans to read 10 pages tomorrow. By then he would be 3/4 of the way through the book. How many pages did Gil read last week?

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Answer:

170 pages last week

Explanation:

If p is the number of pages read last week, we have ...

p + 10 = (3/4)(240)

p = 170 . . . . . . . . . . . simplify, subtract 10

Gil read 170 pages last week.

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