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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Someone asked Teri how many children were riding on the merry go round with her. Teri plans on being a math teacher so as do all teachers she turned the answer into a problem. She said, \"if you add 1/3 of the number of children riding ahead of me to 3/4 of those riding behind me you will know how many were on the merry go round. \n" ); document.write( "
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\"if you add 1/3 of the number of children riding ahead of me to 3/4 of those riding behind me you will know how many were on the merry go round.
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\n" ); document.write( "Maybe I am missing something here, but it doesn't make sense:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since they say children, I assume they do not count the teacher.
\n" ); document.write( "Let a = number ahead of her
\n" ); document.write( "Let b = number behind her
\n" ); document.write( "Total Children = a + b
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\n" ); document.write( "But she says the total is: (1/3)a + (3/4)b
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\n" ); document.write( "So you have: a + b = (1/3)a + (3/4)b; is that possible??
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\n" ); document.write( "Maybe she means there's 0 children.\r
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