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A dictionary has a total of 382 pages. In its broken up into two parts. The second part of the boo has 64 pages more than the first part. How many pages are in each part of the book?

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Let the first part of the book contain x pages Let the second part of the book contains Let the second part of the book contain y pages From the problem
x+y=1382...(1) y=x+64xy=64....(2) Theeuation(1)+(2),weget 2x=1318x=13182=659 Substitutexvaluein(1),weget The number of pages in the second part of the book = 723

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