Carlos reads a book for language arts class.He finished the book on Friday.On Monday he read 27 pages.On Tuesday he read 31 page
2 answers:
Answer: 29 pages.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given :The book has 144 pages.
On Monday Carlos read 27 pages.On Tuesday he read 31 pages .On Wednesday he read 28 pages .
Let x be the number of pages read by Carlos on Thursday then the number of pages read on Friday will also be x.
Then , according to the question , we have
Hence, he read 29 pages on Thursday.
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