2014 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 3
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Problem
Isabella had a week to read a book for a school assignment. She read an average of pages per day for the first three days and an average of
pages per day for the next three days. She then finished the book by reading
pages on the last day. How many pages were in the book?
Solution
Isabella read pages in the first 6 days. Although this can be calculated directly, it is simpler to calculate it as
, which gives that she read
pages. On her last day, she read
more pages for a total of
pages.
Video Solution
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