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John read the first 114 pages of a novel, which was 3 pages less than 1/3 of the novel. write an equation to determine the total number of pages (p)(p) in the novel.

Marina baked cookies. she gave 3/4 of the cookies to the scout bake sale. she shared the remaining 6 cookies with her friends. how many cookies did marina bake?

Erinn wrote the equation –5x + 4y = 32 to represent her hourly wage (y) and how this wage has changed during each year that she worked at a company (x). what is the rate of change in erinn's hourly wage per year?