SOLUTION: Tony was arranging the CDs for the White Elephant 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, 3/8 in the roc

Question 165619: Tony was arranging the CDs for the White Elephant 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, 3/8 in the rock section, and 3/16 in the pop section. He put 3 CDs in the classical section. How many Cds did Tony arrange?

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, edjones:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
jazz CDs:
rap CDs:
rock CDs:
popo CDs:

There are 3/16 left and 3 CDs left
Let T = total number of CDs

Tony arranged 16 CDs
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/8 + 1/4 + 3/8 + 3/16
2/16 + 4/16 + 6/16 + 3/16 = 15/16
So the 3 CDs are 1/16
3*16=48 CDs were arrainged.
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Ed
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