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A bookworm eats from the first page of an encylopedia to the last page. The bookworm eats in a straight line. The encyclopedia consist of ten 1000 page volumes and is sitting on a bookshelf in the usual order.Not counting covers, title pages etc., how many pages does the bookworm eat through??????
A bookworm eats from the first page of an encylopedia to the last page. The bookworm eats in a straight line. The encyclopedia consist of ten 1000 page volumes and is sitting on a bookshelf in the usual order.Not counting covers, title pages etc., how many pages does the bookworm eat through??????
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Answer Date: 02:34pm 08/28/08
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On a book shelf the first page of the first volume is on the "inside¨
so the bookworm eats only through the cover of the first volume, then 8 times
1000 pages of Volumes 2 - 9, then through the cover to the 1st page of Vol 10.
He eats 8,000 pages.
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so the bookworm eats only through the cover of the first volume, then 8 times
1000 pages of Volumes 2 - 9, then through the cover to the 1st page of Vol 10.
He eats 8,000 pages.
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Ok that is a trick question, because I'm not sure if you mean 1000 physical pages, or by 1000 by number. Assuming it is 1000 by number, that means 500 actual pages per volume. So if there are 10 volumes that would be 5000 pages he eats through.
Answer Date: 03:26pm 08/28/08
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