Susan read 17 pages today. That is 8 pages fewer than 1/3 of the pages she read yesterday. How many pages did she read yesterday? (1 point)
Let x be the number of pages Susan read yesterday.
Susan read (1/3)x - 8 = 17 pages.
(1/3)x = 25
x = <<75=75>>75
Susan read <<75=75>>75 pages yesterday. Answer: \boxed{75}.
Let's let x represent the number of pages Susan read yesterday.
According to the information given, Susan read 8 pages fewer than 1/3 of the pages she read yesterday, which can be expressed as:
17 = (1/3)x - 8
To isolate x, we'll add 8 to both sides of the equation:
17 + 8 = (1/3)x
25 = (1/3)x
To solve for x, we'll multiply both sides of the equation by 3:
(3 * 25) = (3 * (1/3))x
75 = x
Therefore, Susan read 75 pages yesterday.
To find out how many pages Susan read yesterday, we need to assume that she read the same number of pages yesterday as she did today minus the 8 pages difference.
Let's call the number of pages Susan read yesterday "x."
According to the problem, the number of pages Susan read today is 17.
The problem states that today's number of pages is 8 less than 1/3 of yesterday's pages.
Mathematically, this can be represented as:
17 = (1/3)*x - 8
To find x, we can isolate it on one side of the equation. We'll start by adding 8 to both sides of the equation:
17 + 8 = (1/3)*x
25 = (1/3)*x
To remove the fraction, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 3:
3 * 25 = 3 * (1/3)*x
75 = x
Therefore, Susan read 75 pages yesterday.