John read the first 114114114 pages of a novel, which was 333 pages less than \dfrac13 3 1 start fraction, 1, divided by, 3, end fraction of the novel. write an equation to determine the total number of pages (p)(p)left parenthesis, p, right parenthesis in the novel.

The first thing we must do for this case is to define a variable.
 We have then:
 p: number of total pages of the novel.
 We now write the equation for p.
 We have then:
 (1/3) p - 3 = 114
 
 An equation to determine the total number of pages (p) in the novel is:
 (1/3) p - 3 = 114