Question

Alan had read 40 percent of a book. He has 6 more pages to finish. How many pages are there in the book?

Answer 1

it is ten

Explanation:

This is very simple, since he read 40 percent of the book and there are 6 pages left then we can deduce that the total would likely be ten, because the remaining amount would have to be 60 percent then we can find the page to percent ratio by dividing 6 by 60. this makes it so every 10 percent is 1 page. 10 percent is 1/10 of 100 percent so multiply 1 by 10 and we get... well 10.

Answer 2

The book has 10 pages.

Explanation:

Let b represent the number of pages in the entire book.

Alan has read 40% but has 60% left to read.

60% of b is 6 pages (given).

Thus, b = 6/0.60 = 10

The book has 10 pages.