document.write( "Question 934853: Eric gave away 2/3 of his fish. He then gave away 3/5 of his remaining fish. He was left with 30 fish. How many did he start with?
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\n" ); document.write( "Eric gave away 2/3 of his fish. He then gave away 3/5 of his remaining fish. He was left with 30 fish. How many did he start with?
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If  of fish is given away, then  is left
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document.write( "Giving away  of remainder leaves  of remainder, or , or 
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document.write( "Let original number of fish be N
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document.write( "Now, since 30 remained after the giveaways, which is also represented by , then we can say that:  
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document.write( " ------ Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "2N = 450
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document.write( "N, or original number of fish = , or 
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