SOLUTION: In a spelling bee 50% of the students were eliminated after thefirst round. Only 1/3 of the remaining students were still in the contest after the second round. If 24 students were

SOLUTION: In a spelling bee 50% of the students were eliminated after thefirst round. Only 1/3 of the remaining students were still in the contest after the second round. If 24 students were

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Question 203656: In a spelling bee 50% of the students were eliminated after thefirst round. Only 1/3 of the remaining students were still in the contest after the second round. If 24 students were still in the contest after the second round, how many students began the contest?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(24/.333)/.5=144 started
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