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 380-20d=160380-20d=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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Ali Bates

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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 380-20d=160380-20d=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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Jaqueline Estes · Answer 1

If you would like to know how many days did it take Kim to read part 1 of the book, you can calculate this using the following steps:

d ... the number of days

380 pages - 20 pages * d = 160 pages

380 - 20 * d = 160

380 - 160 = 20 * d

220 = 20 * d

d = 220 / 20

d = 11 days

The correct result would be 11 days.