SOLUTION: Christina and her friends sell chocolate bars during lunch time. They sold 2/5 of the total on day one and sold 1/2 of the leftover on day two. On day three, they sold 1/3 less tha
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Question 1078438: Christina and her friends sell chocolate bars during lunch time. They sold 2/5 of the total on day one and sold 1/2 of the leftover on day two. On day three, they sold 1/3 less than sales on day one,and are left with 50 left over bars. What was the total chocolate bars they had in the beginning?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of chocolate bars
they had in the beginning
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Day 1
They sold leaving
Day 2
They sold
leaving chocolate bars
Day 3
They sold
so there is left
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I am given that:
They had 1,500 bars in the beginning
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check the answer:
They sold on day1
leaving bars
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They sold
leaving bars on day 2
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On day 3 they sold
bars
bars
OK
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