Simi reads 5/9 pages of a book. Gauri reads 1/2 part of the book. If Simi reads 5 pages more. What is the total number of pages in the book?
5/9 x = 1/2 x + 5
Now just solve for x
To find the total number of pages in the book, we need to calculate the number of pages Simi and Gauri have read and then find the difference between them, since Simi reads 5 pages more.
Let's first find the number of pages Simi has read. We are given that Simi reads 5/9 pages of the book. We can represent this fraction as:
Simi's pages = (5/9) * Total number of pages
Next, let's find the number of pages Gauri has read. We are given that Gauri reads 1/2 part of the book. We can represent this fraction as:
Gauri's pages = (1/2) * Total number of pages
We know that Simi reads 5 pages more than Gauri, so we can set up the equation:
Simi's pages = Gauri's pages + 5
Now, let's substitute the values we have and solve for the total number of pages:
(5/9) * Total number of pages = (1/2) * Total number of pages + 5
To solve this equation, we can multiply through by 18 (which is the least common multiple of 9 and 2) to eliminate the denominators:
10 * Total number of pages = 9 * Total number of pages + 90
Simplifying the equation:
10 * Total number of pages - 9 * Total number of pages = 90
Total number of pages = 90
Therefore, the total number of pages in the book is 90.