Kim is reading a book with 380 pages. She read 20 pages each day until she reached Part 2 of the book. Part 2 of the book is 160 pages long. She uses the equation 380-20=160 380 - 20 d = 160 to represent the number of days, d, it took her to read Part 1. How many days did it take Kim to read Part 1 of the book?

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Silas Fox

Mathematics

31 January, 04:08

Kim is reading a book with 380 pages. She read 20 pages each day until she reached Part 2 of the book. Part 2 of the book is 160 pages long. She uses the equation 380-20=160 380 - 20 d = 160 to represent the number of days, d, it took her to read Part 1. How many days did it take Kim to read Part 1 of the book?

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Nina Carlson · Answer 1

Answer: 11 days

Maddison · Answer 2

11 days

Step-by-step explanation:

first you subtract the 160 from 380 becuase thats a different part than you divide that number by 20 pages a day and end up with 11 days it took