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Eva and Liam are reading a novel in their English class. Liam has read 17 less pages than Eva has. If they have read 265 pages combined, how many pages has Liam read?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter7: Percents

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 19PTTS

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