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Problem 15 (2006 AMC 8)

AMC 8Normal

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Problems 14, 15 and 16 involve Mrs. Reed's English assignment. A Novel Assignment The students in Mrs. Reed's English class are reading the same 760760-page novel. Three friends, Alice, Bob and Chandra, are in the class. Alice reads a page in 2020 seconds, Bob reads a page in 4545 seconds and Chandra reads a page in 3030 seconds. Chandra and Bob, who each have a copy of the book, decide that they can save time by "team reading" the novel. In this scheme, Chandra will read from page 11 to a certain page and Bob will read from the next page through page 760760, finishing the book. When they are through they will tell each other about the part they read. What is the last page that Chandra should read so that she and Bob spend the same amount of time reading the novel?

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