document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=43161>Question 43161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">   Can someone help me to work this backwards?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Helen paid 25 cents for a bag of jelly beans. After giving her brother half the beans, Helen ate 13. Her sister then ate one more than half the remaining beans, after which there were 3 left.  How many jelly beans were in the bag before it was opened? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Her sister had eight.  She ate one more than half, which would be five, leaving three.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Helen ate 13.  13 plus 8 are 21.  That means she gave her brother 21 beans.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The bag originally had 42 jellybeans. </SPAN>\n" );
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