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Algebra Difficulty 1.4 Junior Find the answer Canada

On Monday, Ramya read $\frac{1}{5}$ of a 300 page novel. On Tuesday, she read $\frac{4}{15}$ of the remaining pages. How many pages did she read in total on Monday and Tuesday?

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Solution

On Monday, Ramya read $\frac{1}{5}$ of the 300 pages, which is $\frac{1}{5}\times 300 = 60$ pages in total.

After Monday, there were $300-60=240$ pages remaining to be read in the novel.

On Tuesday, Ramya read $\frac{4}{15}$ of these remaining 240 pages, or $\frac{4}{15}\times 240 = \frac{960}{15}=64$ pages.

Therefore, she read $60+64=124$ pages in total over these two days.

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