document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=809238>Question 809238</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There was a jar of cookies. Katie ate half the cookies. Myron ate a third of what was left in the jar. Gina decided to take a fourth of the remaining cookies. Then nancy came and took a cookie to munch on. When chelsea look at the jar she saw two cookies left. How many cookies were there in the jar to begin with? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #487463 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=487463\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One whole jar of cookies.   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 jar.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Katie: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Myron: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281-1%2F2%29-%281%2F3%29%281-1%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281-1%2F2%29-%281%2F3%29%281-1%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Gina:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%281-1%2F2%29-%281%2F3%29%281-1%2F2%29%29-%281%2F4%29%28%281-1%2F2%29-%281%2F3%29%281-1%2F2%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Nancy and Chelsea: 3 cookies.  Think about these two people a bit before continuing.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If J = the number of cookies originally in the jar, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%28%28%281-1%2F2%29-%281%2F3%29%281-1%2F2%29%29-%281%2F4%29%28%281-1%2F2%29-%281%2F3%29%281-1%2F2%29%29%29=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The best denomination to use is forty-eighths, or as (1/48).  Rewrite the entire expression for the factor on J in forty-eighths.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(So much text to use... so abbreviating... easier on paper....)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2824-16%2B4-6%2B4-2%29%2F48 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2824-16%2B4-6%2B4-2%29%2F48\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2832-24%29%2F48 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2832-24%29%2F48\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F48=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F48=1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The simplified equation then is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28J%2A%281%2F6%29=3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28J%2A%281%2F6%29=3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28highlight%28J=18%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28highlight%28J=18%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,  eighteen cookies were initially in the jar.\r<BR>\n" );
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