document.write( "Question 153073: Oriee was too excited about his new toy to sit still. He came to the lunch table, ate 1/6 of his mac and cheese, then left to play with his toy and then came back and ate 1/7 of what was left, ran and played, came back, ate 1/8 of what was left, and so on. After ten episodes of eating then playing, how much of his original mac and cheese was left? \n" ); document.write( "

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Oriee was too excited about his new toy to sit still. He came to the lunch table, ate 1/6 of his mac and cheese, then left to play with his toy and then came back and ate 1/7 of what was left, ran and played, came back, ate 1/8 of what was left, and so on. After ten episodes of eating then playing, how much of his original mac and cheese was left?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let original amount be \"x\".
\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "(1/6)(1/7)(1/8)(1/9)(1/10)(1/11)(1/12)(1/13)(1/14)(1/15)x = (1/1.307674x10^12)x
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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