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Since he hasn't read 70% of the book which is 35 pages, we need to know that 70% of what number is 35.

This is called a is over of, percent over 100 proportion.

If we place 70 over 100 and set that equal 35 over x we can cross multiply and divide to find the answer.

35 times 100 = 3,500

3,500 ÷ 70 = 50

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