SOLUTION: Tony was arranging the CDs for the yard sale. So far he had five different groups. He had put 1/8 of the CDs in the jazz section, 1/4 into the rap section, 3/8in the rock section a

Question 1202078: Tony was arranging the CDs for the yard sale. So far he had five different groups. He had put 1/8 of the CDs in the jazz section, 1/4 into the rap section, 3/8in the rock section and 3/16 in the pop section. He put 3 CDs in the classical section. How many CDs did Tony arrange, and how many were in each section.
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Tony was arranging the CDs for the yard sale.
He had put 1/8 of the CDs in the jazz section x/8
1/4 into the rap section x/4
,3/8in the rock section3x/8
and 3/16 in the pop section.3x/16
He put 3 CDs in the classical section. 3
x/8 +x/+3x/8+3x/16 +3 = x
multiply each fraction by 16
2x+4x+6x+3x+48 = 16x
x=48
x/8 =6 Jazz
x/4= 12 rap
3x/8 = 18 Rock
3x/16 =9 Pop
+3 classical

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