Jasmine is reading a book. She has finished three fourths

of the book and has 81 pages left to read. How many pages has she read?

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Rodolfo Booth

Mathematics

17 September, 21:49

Jasmine is reading a book. She has finished three fourths

of the book and has 81 pages left to read. How many pages has she read?

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Averie Bell · Answer 1

Averie Bell 17 September, 22:11

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Jasmine has 82 pages read already

Paul Mcpherson · Answer 2

243 pages

Step-by-step explanation:

Write a proportion. 81 pages is to ¼ of the book as x pages is to ¾ of the book.

81 / ¼ = x / ¾

Cross multiply and solve:

¼ x = ¾ (81)

x = 3 (81)

x = 243

Jasmine is reading a book. She has finished three fourthsof the book and has 81 pages left to read. How many pages has she read?

Jasmine is reading a book. She has finished three fourths

of the book and has 81 pages left to read. How many pages has she read?