document.write( "Question 934484: Mike has a large tropical fish collection. He gives 2/3 of his fish to the high school. Then he gives 2/5 of the remaining fish to the elementary school. In the end, he has 30 fish left. how many fish did he have at first?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3/5 = 30; 3 units = 30
\n" ); document.write( "1 unit = 10
\n" ); document.write( "5 units = 50
\n" ); document.write( "50*3 = 150 fishes originally\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Please show me how to do this problem algebraicaly.
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OK, originally he had $\"X\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "He gave the high school $\"%282%2F3%29X\"$ which leaves him with $\"%281%2F3%29X\"$
\n" ); document.write( "He gave $\"%282%2F5%29%281%2F3%29X\"$ to the elementary school which leaves him with $\"%283%2F5%29%281%2F3%29X\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%283%2F5%29%281%2F3%29X=30\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X=150\"$ \r
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