IPad Air- PDFs in Safari are black pages. How can I read them?

I've had my iPad Air a month, and couldn't open PDFs in Safari; they appeared as black pages. I downloaded Adobe Reader from the App store, but it made no difference. The advice given here all seems to relate to Mac OS, not iOS. The iPad is my only computer. I have deleted the Adobe Reader, and I tried another free PDF reader, but the black pages persisted, so I deleted that reader too. PLEASE.PLEASE PLEASE can somebody help me read PDFs in Safari? Adobe were no help; there's nothing about PDFs in 'iPad for Dummies' or in the iPad User Guide. I'm at my wits end!

I did a reset, after deleting Adobe Reader AND iBooks, and then downloaded iBooks again from the App Store. This was on the advice of an Apple support advisor, who thought that the Adobe Reader was interfering with the native iBook's ability to read the PDFs. THIS WORKED! Suddenly I could see PDFs and had a toolbar with 'open in ' options!
I hadn't realised that iBooks was Apple's own PDF reader, so I had thought that I needed to get Adobe Reader in order to see PDFs.
It does beg the question as to why things aren't explained better in user guides and manuals. Couldn't even find info on PDFs in 'iPad for Dummies'.
Anyway, thank you for the suggestion; it was certainly on the right track.

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