SOLUTION: Penny had a bag of marbles. She gave one-third of them to Reta, and then one-fourth of the remaining to John. Penny then had 24 marbles left in the bag. How many marbles were in th

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Question 334705: Penny had a bag of marbles. She gave one-third of them to Reta, and then one-fourth of the remaining to John. Penny then had 24 marbles left in the bag. How many marbles were in the bag to start with?
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(x*2/3)*3/4=24
2x/3*3/4=24
6x/12=24
6x=288
x=288/6
x=48 marbles in the bag at the start.

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