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Question 1190672: Mark bought some milk bars. He ate 5 milk bars and divided the rest into 3 equal shares. She gave 1 share and 6 more milk bars to Mary. She was left with 14 milk bars. How many milk bars did Mark buy at first?
Found 4 solutions by math_tutor2020, greenestamps, Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by math_tutor2020(3817)   (Show Source):
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x = amount of milk bars Mark bought at first
x-5 = the amount left after he eats 5 milk bars
(x-5)/3 = divide the previous result into 3 equal shares.
Mary gets one share plus 6 more milk bars
So she gets the (x-5)/3 plus another 6
I.e. (x-5)/3 + 6
Set this equal to 14 and isolate x
(x-5)/3 + 6 = 14
(x-5)/3 = 14-6
(x-5)/3 = 8
x-5 = 3*8
x-5 = 24
x = 24+5
x = 29
Mark started with 29 bars.
He eats 5 of them, so he has 29-5 = 24 left
That 24 is split 3 equal ways to get 24/3 = 8 bars per share.
Mary gets 8 bars plus another 6 to get 8+6 = 14.
We have confirmed the answer.
Answer: 29 milk bars.
Answer by greenestamps(13200)  (Show Source):
Answer by Alan3354(69443)  (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52788)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Mark bought some milk bars. He ate 5 milk bars and divided the rest into 3 equal shares.
She gave 1 share and 6 more milk bars to Mary. She was left with 14 milk bars. How many milk bars did Mark buy at first?
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After reading your post, I have a question:
Is Mark " he " or " she " ?
If Mark is " he ", then WHO IS " she " at the first appearance of this word in the post ?
And since I asked, who is " she " at the first appearance, it is logical to ask, who is " she " at the second appearance ?
Without clarifying these fundamental issues, the problem cannot be solved.
The " problems " formulated so carelessly,
are good only to throw them to the closest garbage bin.
Waste of time.
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Educated and intelligent people do not take offence in such cases.
In opposite, you should be grateful to me for my teaching.
It is a fortune for you that I captured your mistake and it did not go farther than this place.
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