Question

Rani read 52 pages of a book on Monday. On Tuesday, she read 1/6 of the remaining pages. If she still had half of the book left to be read, how many pages were there in the book?

Answer 1

The book is 130 pages.

Explanation:

Lets says total number of the pages is x and remaining page after Rani reads is y. We can write below equivalents

`x=52+y`

`x/2=52+y/6`

second equivalent can be turn into:

`3x=312+y`

If we subtract this equivalent from first one:

`2x=260\\x=130\\`