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Today is Sunday. Tom starts to read a book with 490 pages today. Sundays he reads 25 pages and on all other days he reads 4 pages, with no exception. How many days does it take him to read the entire book?​

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Answer:

70 days

Explanation:

49 pages a week = 7 days per week

49*7 = 3430

3430/70= 49

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The answer to how many days it will take Tom to finish his book is: 70 days.

How to arrive at the number of days spent

There are 7 days in a week.

On Sundays, Tom read 25 pages.

On the remaining 6 days, he reads= 4 pages × 6 days

= 24 pages.

In a week, Tom reads a total of 24 + 25 pages = 49 pages.

So, if in 49 pages are read in 7 days;

490 pages will be read in:

490 pages × 7days ÷ 49 pages.

So, 3430 ÷ 49 pages

= 70 days.

Therefore, Tom completes the book in 70 days.

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