document.write( "Question 958250: Bob gave 2/3 of his chips and had 21chips left. How many chips did he give away?\r
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document.write( "I came up with 14 by doing 2/3*21 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #585618 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! No. \n" ); document.write( "He gave away 2/3 so he had 1/3 left. \n" ); document.write( "So, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "where X is the original amount he started with. \n" ); document.write( "You can multiply both sides by 2. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So he had gave away 42 chips.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |