SOLUTION: a student has a x sweet. she gives 20 to her friends. if one-third of the reminder is equal to one-fifth of the original number of sweets, find the original number of sweets

Question 1033508: a student has a x sweet. she gives 20 to her friends. if one-third of the reminder is equal to one-fifth of the original number of sweets, find the original number of sweets
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, macston:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She gives to friends
She has left

Multiply both sides by

There were originally 50 sweets
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check:

OK
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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. Multiply each side by 3
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. Multiply each side by 5
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. Subtract 3x from each side
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. Add 100 to each side
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Divide each side by 2
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ANSWER: The original number of sweets was 50.
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