Beth, Carolyn and George love reading their favourite bedtime story together. They take it in turns to read a page, always in the order Beth, then Carolyn, then George. All twenty pages of the story are read on each occasion. One evening, Beth is staying at Grandma’s house but Carolyn and George still read the same bedtime story and take it in turns to read a page with Carolyn reading the first page.
In total, how many pages are read by the person who usually reads that page?
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