Question 153073: Oriee was too excited about his new toy to sit still. He came to the lunch table, ate 1/6 of his mac and cheese, then left to play with his toy and then came back and ate 1/7 of what was left, ran and played, came back, ate 1/8 of what was left, and so on. After ten episodes of eating then playing, how much of his original mac and cheese was left?: Oriee was too excited about his new toy to sit still. He came to the lunch table, ate 1/6 of his mac and cheese, then left to play with his toy and then came back and ate 1/7 of what was left, ran and played, came back, ate 1/8 of what was left, and so on. After ten episodes of eating then playing, how much of his original mac and cheese was left?
Answer by stanbon(18987)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!Oriee was too excited about his new toy to sit still. He came to the lunch table, ate 1/6 of his mac and cheese, then left to play with his toy and then came back and ate 1/7 of what was left, ran and played, came back, ate 1/8 of what was left, and so on. After ten episodes of eating then playing, how much of his original mac and cheese was left?
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Let original amount be "x".
Equation:
(1/6)(1/7)(1/8)(1/9)(1/10)(1/11)(1/12)(1/13)(1/14)(1/15)x = (1/1.307674x10^12)x
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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