Alan has read 80 percent of a book. He has 16 more pages to finish. How many pages are in the book

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Jarrett Pierce

Mathematics

2 April, 04:16

Alan has read 80 percent of a book. He has 16 more pages to finish. How many pages are in the book

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Ramirez · Answer 1

80

Step-by-step explanation:

To have 16 more pages means he has 20% more of the book to cover if he has already covered 80%

Let the number of pages in the book be X

20% of X = 16

20 / 100. * X = 16

1 / 5 * X = 16 >>> X = 16 * 5 = 80 pages.