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Days to finish reading a book

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Macedonian Mathematical Competitions

The book that Marko reads has $242$ pages. The first day he has read $22$ pages. During the second day he has read $4$ pages more than the first and the same during the third day. How many days will Marko need to finish the book if he reads two pages more than the third day each day from the fourth day onward?
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