SOLUTION: 1. Apples are collected in a basket for six people. One third, one fourth, one eight and one fifth are given to four people respectively. The fifth person gets ten apples with one

Question 484236: 1. Apples are collected in a basket for six people. One third, one fourth, one eight and one fifth are given to four people respectively. The fifth person gets ten apples with one apple remaining for the sixth person. Find the original number of apples in the basket?
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let number of apples be x
x/3 + x/4 + x/5 +x/8 + 11= x
LCD=480
multiply by LCD
160x+120x+96x+60x+5280=480x
436x-480x=-5280
-44x=-5280
x=120 apples
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