document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=503319>Question 503319</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Miss Lee distributed some stickers equally among 15 boys and 7 girls. Each boy gave 3/5 of his share to all the girls. As a result, the girls had a total of 768 stickers. What was the total number of stickers Miss Lee had at first? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #339205 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=339205\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> she had x stickers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total 22 kids\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "each got x/22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 boys<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they gave 3/5 of x/22 to the girls\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So they gave a total of 15* 3x/110 = 45x/110 stickers to the girls\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7 girls - they have a total of 7*(x/22)=>7x/22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Boys gave 45x/110 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x/22 + 45x/110 = 768\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCD = 110<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35x+45x= 110*768<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80x=110*768<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=110*768/80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 1056 stickers  </SPAN>\n" );
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