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Problem 16 (2006 AMC 8)

AMC 8Normal

From module Word Problems

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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. Before Chandra and Bob start reading, Alice says she would like to team read with them. If they divide the book into three sections so that each reads for the same length of time, how many seconds will each have to read?

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