document.write( "Question 283701: A movie theater had a certain number of tickets to give away. Five people got the tickets. The first got one-third of the tickets, the second got one-fourth of the tickets, and the third got one-fifth of the tickets. The fourth person got eight tickets, and there were five tickets left for the fifth person. Find the total number of tickets given away.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "5 people
\n" ); document.write( "1/3x went to the first
\n" ); document.write( "1/4x went to the second
\n" ); document.write( "1/5x went to the third
\n" ); document.write( "8 went to the fourth
\n" ); document.write( "5 for the fifth
\n" ); document.write( "This will work out okay
\n" ); document.write( "x*(1/3+1/4+1/5)+13=x
\n" ); document.write( "x=60
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\n" ); document.write( "1/3*60=20
\n" ); document.write( "1/4*60=15
\n" ); document.write( "1/5*60=12
\n" ); document.write( " 13
\n" ); document.write( "total 60 people
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