Book pages

Barbara has already read 144 pages of the book. She has yet to read two-fifths of the pages of the entire book. How many pages does the whole book have?

Final Answer:

x =  240

Step-by-step explanation:

x52x=144  x2/5 x=144  3x=720  x=3720=240  x=240



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