document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=861727>Question 861727</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Okay....trying to help my sixth grade daughter here with this equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If Paula spends 1/3 of her money on a meal then a 1/4 of what was left on gifts then a 1/5 of what was left at the museum.  She is left with $32.40.  What did she start with.\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 #519182 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</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=519182\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call what she started with, w, for \"whole amount she started with\".  This is a number, but we do not know its value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try to form a step-wise process.  First part,<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w-%281%2F3%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w-%281%2F3%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Simplify this NOW.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is what she has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second part, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29w-%281%2F4%29%282%2F3%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29w-%281%2F4%29%282%2F3%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is what she has when spent the second part.  Simplify this now.  LCD is 12, seeing denominators as factors being 4 and 3.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286%2F12%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286%2F12%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Third part, spending one fifth of the current amount at the museum.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29w-%281%2F5%29%281%2F2%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29w-%281%2F5%29%281%2F2%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and LCD is 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284%2F10%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284%2F10%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F5%29w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F5%29w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, we are told that this amount is $32.40; so we have<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you undo multiplication by a fraction?  Multiply by the reciprocal.  Do this to BOTH sides of the equation!  What happens to the left-side member?  What happens to the right-side member? </SPAN>\n" );
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