SOLUTION: Hi luke has 13 finches now but yesterday he lost 3/4 of his finches.the day before that he gave 6 finches away and 2 days before that he purchased 2 pairs of gouldian finches. Ho

Question 1018996: Hi
luke has 13 finches now but yesterday he lost 3/4 of his finches.the day before that he gave 6 finches
away and 2 days before that he purchased 2 pairs of gouldian finches. How many finches did he have before he bought the gouldians. I worked it to be 58 finches solution is 54 finches.
Thanks
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of fiinches he started with
He then bought 2 pairs, so he has
finches
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He then gave 6 away, so he has:

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Then he lost 3/4 of the finches, so he has:

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And now he has 13 finches so,

Multiply both sides by

He started with 54 finches
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