Question

Mr. A's favorite book is 182 pages less than three times Mr.M's favorite book. If both books have the same number of pages, how many pages are in Mr.A's favorite book?

Answer 1

91 pages

Explanation:

Let a be the number of pages in Mr. A's book
Let m be the number of pages in Mr. M's book

`a=m`
`a=3*m-182`

`=>a=3a-182`

`=>2a=182`

`=>a=91`