Roxanne read a book. On monday she read 120 pages of the book. On tuesday she read 15%, wednesday 10% and the rest 60 pages on thursday. Calculate the total number of pages of the book.

3 answers

total of pages ---- x

120 + .15x + .1x + 60 = x

solve for x
216
= 120+(15 x 100 + 10 x 100) + 60
= 120 + 1500 + 1000 + 60
= 2 680 pages