Sam read 20% of the book on monday and 0.2 of the book on tuesday. if he read 50% of the remainder on wednesday and still had 36 pages to read, how many pages did sam read altogether on monday and tuesday? ( show steps! )

Okay first you need to convert 0.2 to a percentage which would be 20% then 20% + 20% = 40% then it says he read 50%, 50% of 36 means that you have to multiply 36 two times to get, 72 then you do 72 * 40% = 28.8 = 29 + 72 = 101 pages in all then 101- 40%= 60.6 is how many pages were read on Monday and Tuesday.

The correct answer is 10%