SOLUTION: Four men were shipwrecked on an island. The first day they gathered a pile of coconuts and then went to sleep. During the night one of the men woke up and ate 1/3 of the coconuts.

Question 55240: Four men were shipwrecked on an island. The first day they gathered a pile of coconuts and then went to sleep. During the night one of the men woke up and ate 1/3 of the coconuts. A second man woke up and ate 1/3 of the remaining cocnuts. A third man did the same. When the fourth man woke up he ate 1/4 of the remaining cocnuts. Then there were 6 coconuts left. How many coconuts did the men gather?
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

EQUATION

36x-12x-4(2x)-4x=6(108)
12x=108
x=54
Hence, there were 54 coconuts
Paul.
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