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lloyd gave 1/2 of his marbles to lee then he gave 2/3 of the remaining ones to lynn
\n" ); document.write( " if he ended up with 10 how many did he start with
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = original number of marbles
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2F2\"$ x, he gave half away, half remaining
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2F3\"$ * $\"1%2F2\"$ x = 10; gave 2/3 away, 1/3 of his half remaining
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2F6\"$ x = 10
\n" ); document.write( "x = 6(10)
\n" ); document.write( "x = 60 marbles to start with \n" ); document.write( "

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