document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201439>Question 201439</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130452696/algebrahomeworkh>Mathematics For Technical trades</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Once again I need help with a math problem. janet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From a box of bananas person \"A\" eats one third of the contents. A while later person \"B\" eats one third of the remaining bananas. A while later person \"C\" eats one third of the remaining bananas. When person \"C\" finished eating there were 8 bananas left in the box. How many bananas were in the box originally? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If \"C\" had one-third of what was left after \"B\" was done, then 8 must be two-thirds of what was left after \"B\" was done, so the number left after \"B\" was done is 8 divided by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{2}{3}\"> or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 8 \times \frac{3}{2} = 12\">.  Likewise, the number left after \"A\" was done is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 12 \times \frac{3}{2} = 18\">.  And finally, the number that was there at the start was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 18 \times \frac{3}{2} = 27\">.    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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