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)
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Let's represent the number of pages Susan read yesterday as x.
We know that Susan read 8 pages fewer than 1/3 of the pages she read yesterday, so we can set up the equation as:
17 = (1/3)x - 8
To solve this equation, we add 8 to both sides:
17 + 8 = (1/3)x
25 = (1/3)x
To isolate x, we multiply both sides by 3:
3 * 25 = x
75 = x
Therefore, Susan read 75 pages yesterday.