document.write( "Question 935409: On Saturday morning, Mr. Brown often goes to the public market for fresh produce. He spent 1/4 of his money on vegetables, 1/2 of the remaining money on fruit, and 1/3 of the remaining money on cheese Mr. Brown had $12 when he finished. Work backwards to find how much money he had when he started. \n" ); document.write( "

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Working forward is easier (for me, at least).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let p be the original amount of money.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Bought vegetables. Money remaining, $\"%283%2F4%29p\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Bought fruit. Money remaining, $\"%281%2F2%29%283%2F4%29p\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Bought cheese, last, using $\"1%2F3\"$ of $\"%281%2F2%29%283%2F4%29p\"$ , so what remains is $\"blue%28%282%2F3%29%29%281%2F2%29%283%2F4%29p\"$ , which
\n" ); document.write( "is the quantity, $12.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight_green%28%282%2F3%29%281%2F2%29%283%2F4%29p=12%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%282%2A1%2A3%29%2F%283%2A2%2A4%29%29p=12\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281%2F4%29p=12\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"p=4%2A12\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28p=48%29\"$ , original amount of money.
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