Xiao Ming reads a story book. On the first day, he read (1/6) 6 pages more than the whole book (1/8). On the second day, he read 8 pages less than the whole book (1/8), leaving 172 pages. How many pages in this book are there in total? ?
小明读一本故事书，第一天读了(1/6)还多6页，第二天读的比全书的(1/8)少8页，还剩172页，这本书共多少页？
<gadget id="calculator">6 - 8</gadget>
<output>-2</output>

<gadget id="calculator">172 + (-2)</gadget>
<output>170</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 / 6</gadget>
<output>1/6 = around 0.166667</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 / 8</gadget>
<output>1/8 = around 0.125</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 - (1/6) - (1/8)</gadget>
<output>17/24 = around 0.708333</output>

<gadget id="calculator">170 / (17/24)</gadget>
<output>240</output>

<result>240</result>