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The question goes like this:

a book has a hundred and twenty. I have read a quarter of the pages. How many pages do I have?

User Dmitrij Holkin
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Answer:

You read 30 pages of the book.

You have 90 pages left.

Explanation:

120 total pages

⇒ 120 = 100%


(1)/(4) pages have been read


(1)/(4) = 25%


(3)/(4) remaining


(3)/(4) = 75%

120 x .25 = 30 pages read

120 x .75 = 90 pages unread

30 + 90 = 120

User Crogs
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Answer:

You have 90 pages left.

Explanation:

1/4 × 120 = 30 pages read

Therefore

120- 30

=90 pages left to read

User Jake Burkhead
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