Select the proper placement for parentheses to speed up the addition for the expression 2+9+8+1

Rachel reads 1/5 of the pages of a book plus 12 pages on the first day. on the second day, she reads 1/4 of the remaining pages plus 15 pages. on the third day, she reads 1/3 of the remaining pages plus 18 pages. on the fourth day, she reads the remaining 70 pages. how many total pages are in the book?

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Abicycle training wheel has a radius of 3 inches. the bicycle wheel has a radius of 10 inches. approximately how much smaller, in square inches and rounded to the nearest hundredth, is the area of the training wheel than the area of the regular wheel? *