document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=313580>Question 313580</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a flock of geese on a pond were being observed continuously<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1:00 p.m. 1/5 of the geese flew away<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2:00 p.m. 1/8 of the geese that remained flew away.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3:00 p.m. 3 times as many geese as had flown away at 1:00 p.m. flew away, leaving 28 geese on the pond. At no other time did any geese arrive or fly away of die. How many geese were in the original flock? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1:00 p.m. 1/5 of the geese flew away<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2:00 p.m. 1/8 of the geese that remained flew away.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3:00 p.m. 3 times as many geese as had flown away at 1:00 p.m. flew away, leaving 28 geese on the pond. At no other time did any geese arrive or fly away of die. How many geese were in the original flock?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x= the number of geese in the original flock\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x -(1/5)x-(1/8)(4/5)x-(3/5)x=28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1-.2-.1-.6)x=28<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".1x=28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=280 </SPAN>\n" );
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