SOLUTION: Some boys shared 455 stamps among themselves.1/2 of them received 5 stamps each 1/8 of them received 6 stamps each and the rest received 3 stamps each. How many boys are they altog
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Question 959348: Some boys shared 455 stamps among themselves.1/2 of them received 5 stamps each 1/8 of them received 6 stamps each and the rest received 3 stamps each. How many boys are they altogether?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the total number of boys
= the number of stamps
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1/2 of them received 5 stamps each
is that number of stamps
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1/8 of them received 6 stamps each
is that number of stamps
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The rest received 3 stamps each
is that number of stamps
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Now I can say:
Multiply both sides by
There are 104 boys altogether
check:
1/2 of them received 5 stamps each
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1/8 of them received 6 stamps each
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The rest received 3 stamps each
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OK
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