document.write( "Question 384746: 1. A millionaire bought a job lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the hats including 4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats were brown.
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document.write( "Hi,         
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document.write( "Let x represent the number of hats and 1/4x the number of brown hats.
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document.write( "Question states selling 4/5 of the brown hats Or having 1/5 of the brown left.
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document.write( " (1/3)x total hats left of which 1/5*1/4x brown are left
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document.write( " (1/20)x / (1/3)x = 3/20, fraction of the unsold hats that were brown \n" );
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