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One night, a guest at an inn couldn't sleep and wanted a snack. He went down to the kitchen where he found a plate of cupcakes.
He was hungry and ate 1/6 of the cupcakes.
Later, his wife was hungry, couldn't sleep, and so she went to the kitchen and ate 1/5 of the remaining cupcakes.
At 10, the oldest son ate 1/4 of what his mother had left.
At 11,the second son ate 1/3 of the leftover cupcakes, and just after him,
the daughter ate 1/2 of what her brother had left, leaving only three cupcakes for the Inn Keeper's birthday party the next day.
How many cupcakes were originally on the plate?
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1. The amount which was left after the 1-st guest was .
2. The amount which was left after his wife was = .
3. The amount which was left after the oldest son was = .
3. The amount which was left after the second son was = .
4. The amount which was left after the daughter was = .
5. We are given that = 3.
Hence, c = 6*3 = 18.
Answer. How many cupcakes were originally on the plate? - 18.
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