SOLUTION: If you give 2/3 of fish to a friend and 2/5 to another friend and you only have 30 left how much did you have in the beginning
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Question 993971: If you give 2/3 of fish to a friend and 2/5 to another friend and you only have 30 left how much did you have in the beginning
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x fish initially
YOUR DESCRIPTION IS WRONG!
, and LCD is .
which makes no sense. Recheck your problem description carefully.
Answer by ikleyn(52852) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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YOUR DESCRIPTION IS WRONG!
Because + = + = is just greater than 1.
I suspect that the condition should be changed like this:
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If you give of fish to a friend and of the remaining part to another friend and you only have 30 left then how much did you have in the beginning?
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But it is your responsibility to formulate the problem correctly.
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