document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=718632>Question 718632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many sheets of paper were there in a pack if there were 464 sheets left after Michelle had taken two-sixths of them?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #440981 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=440981\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If Michelle took 2/6 or 1/3 of the sheets, this means that 2/3 of the sheets remain.  Let x = number of sheets originally in the pack.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/3*x = 464\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve the equation for x, multiply both sides of the equation by 3/2 to \"undo\" the 2/3, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=3/2*464=3*232=696 sheets.\r<BR>\n" );
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