Daniel completed reading a book in 6 days. Each day, he read 4 pages more than

the previous day. Given that he read 36 pages on the 3rd day, find the total number
of pages in the book.

User Icon for oobleck oobleck answered
2 years ago

you have an AP with d = 4

so, a+2d = 36, and a = 28
total pages in 6 days is thus
6/2 (2a+5d) = ____