Question

1) A book contains 192 pages. A boy reads x complete pages everyday.if he has not finished the book after 10days, find the highest possible value of x

Answer 1

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Answer:

  19

Step-by-step explanation:

After x days, the boy will have read 10x. If this is less than 192, we have ...

  10x < 192

  x < 192/10

  x < 19.2

If x is an integer, the largest possible value x could have is 19.