Nasir read 60 pages of a book on the first day. This was 20% more than the number of pages he read on the second day. Given that he read 1/6 of the book on the second day, find the number of pages in the book he had read.

Answer: 300

Let the number of pages Nasir reads on the second day be x.

We are given that on the first day, he read 60 pages, which was 20% more than what he read on the second day.

So, we can set up the equation:

$60 = x + \frac{20}{100} \times x$ $60 = x + 0.2x$ $60 = 1.2 x$ $x = 60/$ 1.2=50

It is also given that on the second day, he read $frac{1}{6}$ of the book, meaning:

$50 = 1/6 \times Total Pages$ $Total Pages = 50 \times 6 = 300$

The total number of pages in the book is 300

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