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9 July, 14:01

Miriam read a book with an unknown number of pages. The first week, she read five less than 1/3 of the pages. The second week, she read 171 more pages and finished the book. Write an equation that represents the total number of pages in the book.

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  1. 9 July, 17:41
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    ((1/3) x - 5) + 171 = x

    combine like terms ... move the x’s to one side ...

    166 = (2/3) x

    get x by itself ...

    166 (3/2) = x

    249 = x
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