SOLUTION: How many sheets of paper were there in a pack if there were 464 sheets left after Michelle had taken two-sixths of them? Really need help on this one!!

Question 718632: How many sheets of paper were there in a pack if there were 464 sheets left after Michelle had taken two-sixths of them?
Really need help on this one!!
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If Michelle took 2/6 or 1/3 of the sheets, this means that 2/3 of the sheets remain. Let x = number of sheets originally in the pack.

2/3*x = 464

To solve the equation for x, multiply both sides of the equation by 3/2 to "undo" the 2/3,
x=3/2*464=3*232=696 sheets.

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida

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