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You have already read 117 pages of a book. You are one third of the way through the book. Write and solve an equation to find the number of pages in the book.

I know the answer is 1/3b

but how

Steven and James are both about to take a math test. Steven is experiencing shortness of breath and profuse sweating in anticipation of the test. James is a bit nervous, but does not have any of the physical manifestations that Steven has.

What is the volume of a cube whose side length is 1.8 meters

Of the 50 states 2/5 of the states start with the letters M, A, or N. How can you use equivalent fractions to find out how many states this is?

Three times the 1st number plus the 2nd number plus twice the 3rd is 5. If three times the 2nd number is subtracted from the sum of the 1st and three times the 3rd number, the result is 2.

A small legend on the corner states that 4 inches of the length corresponds to an length of 52 get what is the scale factor

The distance from city A to city B is 3 times father than the distance between city B and city C. The total distance from city A to city B to city C is 50 miles. How far is it from city A to city B?

Which statements describe the function f (x) = 2x+24/x^2+4x-96? Check all that apply. f (x) has a vertical asymptote at x = 8. f (x) has a vertical asymptote at x = 12. f (x) has a hole at x = - 12. f (x) has a horizontal asymptote at y = 0.

Which estimate of 7/10*16 uses a benchmark fractions? A. 1 x 16 = 16 B. 7/10 x 20 = 14 C. 3/4 x 16 = 12 D. 7/10 x 10 7

Which number is a rational number? √25 √32 √50 √63

Need hep. solve 6x-1=5