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Hayden has read 3/5 of a book she has read 75 pages so far how many pages are in the whole book?

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Let there are x number of pages in whole book. So 3/5 of a book is equal to 3/5x.

Determine the value of x.


\begin{gathered} (3)/(5)x=75 \\ x=75\cdot(5)/(3) \\ =125 \end{gathered}

So there are 125 pages in the whole book.

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