SOLUTION: A jeweler used 2146 diamonds to make a necklace. he then used 4/7 of the remaining diamonds to make a ring. If the jeweller had 27% of the original number of diamonds left,then the

Question 1063944: A jeweler used 2146 diamonds to make a necklace. he then used 4/7 of the remaining diamonds to make a ring. If the jeweller had 27% of the original number of diamonds left,then the total number of diamonds he had in the beginning were what
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Follow each change in number of diamonds step by step.

d, original number of diamonds.

remain after necklace.

remain after ring.

twenty-seven percent of the original diamonds remain unused. Solve this equation for d.
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