John has read the first 114 pages of a novel. He has read 3 pages less than one-third of the novel.
Write an equation to describe the total number of pages p in the novel, and find the value of p.
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If John reads three more pages, he has read a third of the book.
Therefore (114+3) = 1/3 * p.
117 = 1/3p
Multiply both sides by 3 to isolate p.
351 = p.
351 pages are in the novel.
