SOLUTION: Jon ate 1/3 of jellybeans ron ate 1/4 10 were left how many were them
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Question 756819: Jon ate 1/3 of jellybeans ron ate 1/4 10 were left how many were them
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of jellybeans Jon started with
After eating 1/3 of them, there are left
After eating 1/4 of what is left, there is left
were left, so
Multiply both sides by
There were 20 jellybeans to start with
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check:
Started with 20
ate 1/3, or 20/3
There are 40/3 left
Ron ate 1/4 or 10/3
There are 10 left
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