SOLUTION: chris collected toys for charity. he donated 3/4 to charity A and then 1/3 of the remaining to charity B. After the two donations, Chris had 10 toys left. How many did Chris origi

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Question 698836: chris collected toys for charity. he donated 3/4 to charity A and then 1/3 of the remaining to charity B. After the two donations, Chris had 10 toys left. How many did Chris originally collect?
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chris collected toys for charity. he donated 3/4 to charity A and then 1/3 of the remaining to charity B.
After the two donations, Chris had 10 toys left. How many did Chris originally collect?
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let x the original number of toys
:
x - x = x after the first donation
then after 1/3 of the remainder is donated you have:
*x = 10
x = 10
2x = 12*10
2x = 120
x = 60 toys originally
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