SOLUTION: You have "k" number of napkins that you have given away and now have 1/n of the number you originally started with. In terms of "k and n", what is the number you originally starte

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Question 681640: You have "k" number of napkins that you have given away and now have 1/n of the number you originally started with. In terms of "k and n", what is the number you originally started with?
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What you have () plus what you gave away () is what you had to start with.

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