SOLUTION: Helen paid 25 cents for a bag of jellybeans. After giving her brother half the beans, she ate 13. Her sister then ate one more than half the reamining beans, after which there we
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Question 42780: Helen paid 25 cents for a bag of jellybeans. After giving her brother half the beans, she ate 13. Her sister then ate one more than half the reamining beans, after which there were 3 left. How many jellybeans were in the bag before it was opened?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Posted this solution yesterday...42 jellybeans...
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