SOLUTION: : three tired and hungry men went to sleep with a bag of apples. one man woke up, ate 1/3 of the applaes, then went back to sleep. later a second man woke up and ate 1/3 of the rem

Question 281873: : three tired and hungry men went to sleep with a bag of apples. one man woke up, ate 1/3 of the applaes, then went back to sleep. later a second man woke up and ate 1/3 of the remaining alpples,than went back to sleep. Finally, the third man woke up and ate 1/3 of the remaining apples. when he was fiished there were 8 apples left. how many apples were in the bag originally
* create a solution that uses algebre and show all steps uses
*create a solution that could be used by a grade 5 student show all steo uses
last time i don't write the question right so the answer wasn't finished
Answer by Greenfinch(383) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1st man eats 1/3 of apples, so 2/3 left
2nd man eats 1/3 of residue (1/3 of 2/3 ) so 2/3 x 2/3 left
3rd man eats 1/3 of residue so 2/3 x2/3x2/3 left
2/3 x 2/3 x2/3 = 8/27.
If 8 left, there were 27 to start with
RELATED QUESTIONS
three tired and hungry men went to sleep with a bag of apples. one man woke up, ate 1/3... (answered by oberobic)

This is the problem and they want an algebra solution. Three tired and hungry men went... (answered by richwmiller,edjones,Theo)

Three tired and hungry men went to sleep with a bag of apples. One man awoke, ate... (answered by RAY100)

Three tired and hungry people had a bag of apples. while the other two were alseep, one... (answered by solver91311)

three travelers arrived tired ang hungry at a lonely inn.the innkeeper apologized and... (answered by mananth)

Four men were shipwrecked on an island. The first day they gathered a pile of coconuts... (answered by Paul)

Please help me understand how to solve the following problem? Three tired and hungry... (answered by edjones,rapaljer)

A man saw three girl in a field where they found a pile of apples and a boy. They decide (answered by venugopalramana)

Three algebra students were doing their homework together. As a treat, one mom offered to (answered by MathTherapy)