SOLUTION: ONE NIGHT THE CHIEF OF MANCHESTER COULD NOT SLEEP,SO HE WENT DOWN INTO THE ROYAL KITCHEN WHERE HE FOUND A BOWL OF RIPE MANGOES.BEING HUNGRY,HE TOOK 1/6 OT THE MANGOES.LATER THAT NI

Question 1048659: ONE NIGHT THE CHIEF OF MANCHESTER COULD NOT SLEEP,SO HE WENT DOWN INTO THE ROYAL KITCHEN WHERE HE FOUND A BOWL OF RIPE MANGOES.BEING HUNGRY,HE TOOK 1/6 OT THE MANGOES.LATER THAT NIGHT,THE QUEEN MOTHER WAS HUNGRY AND COULD NOT SLEEP.SHE TOO TOOK 1/5 OF WHAT THE KING HAD LEFT.STILL LATER,THE FIRST PRINCE ALSO ATE 1/4 OF THE REMAINING MANGOES.EVEN LATER,HIS BROTHER,THE SECOND PRINCE,ATE 1/3 OF WHAT WAS LEFT.FINALLY,THE THIRD PRINCE ATE 1/2 OF WHAT WAS LEFT,LEAVING ONLY THREE MANGOES FOR YHE HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS.HOW MANY MANGOES WERE ORIGINALLY IN THE BOWL?
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Answer by advanced_Learner(501) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2160 were originally in the bown.
original
the chief of manchester
the queen.
the first prince
the second
the third
=3
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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