SOLUTION: Kids belonging to a Boys and Girls club collected cans and bottles to raise money by returning them for the deposit. If 54 more can than bottles were collected and the number of b

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Question 429320: Kids belonging to a Boys and Girls club collected cans and bottles to raise money by returning them for the deposit. If 54 more can than bottles were collected and the number of bottles was 5/11 of the total number of beverage containers collected, how many bottles were collected?
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