document.write( "Question 669994: at a school 2/3 of the students are taking chemistry, 1/3 of the remaining students are taking physics, and the rest are taking biology. no student is taking more than one science class. if 66 students are taking biology, how many students are in the class?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #416704 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"+n+\" = the number of students in the class
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( "2/3 take chemistry, so there are 1/3 remaining
\n" ); document.write( "1/3 of those take physics, and that is
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%281%2F3%29%2A%281%2F3%29+=+1%2F9+\" of the students
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\n" ); document.write( "So far I have \"+%282%2F3%29%2An+%2B+%281%2F9%29%2An+=+%287%2F9%29%2An+\"
\n" ); document.write( "That means there is \"+n+-+%287%2F9%29%2An+=+%282%2F9%29%2An+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "I am told that \"+%282%2F9%29%2An+=+66+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+n+=+%289%2F2%29%2A66+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+n+=+297+\"
\n" ); document.write( "There are 297 students in the class
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\n" ); document.write( "2/3 take chemistry
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%282%2F3%29%2A297+=+198+\"
\n" ); document.write( "There are \"+297+-+198+=+99+\" remaining
\n" ); document.write( "1/3 of those take physics
\n" ); document.write( "\"+%281%2F3%29%2A99+=+33+\" take physics
\n" ); document.write( "There are \"+99+-+33+=+66+\" remaining
\n" ); document.write( "and they take biology.
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