document.write( "Question 1046587: Lisa has a certain number of tiles. She takes 1/12 of the tiles and puts them in Box A. She takes 1/4 of the remaining tiles and puts them in Box B. The rest of the tiles are placed in Box C. There are 22 more tiles in Box C than Box B. How many tiles are in Box A? \n" ); document.write( "
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Lisa has a certain number of tiles.
\n" ); document.write( " She takes 1/12 of the tiles and puts them in Box A.
\n" ); document.write( " She takes 1/4 of the remaining tiles and puts them in Box B.
\n" ); document.write( " The rest of the tiles are placed in Box C.
\n" ); document.write( " There are 22 more tiles in Box C than Box B.
\n" ); document.write( " How many tiles are in Box A?
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\n" ); document.write( "let t = the Original number of tiles
\n" ); document.write( "therefore
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F12\"t = no. of tiles in Box A
\n" ); document.write( "therefore
\n" ); document.write( "\"11%2F12\"t = the remaining number of tiles
\n" ); document.write( "\"11%2F12\"t * \"1%2F4\" = \"11%2F48\"t = no. of tiles in Box B
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( "\"The rest of the tiles are placed in Box C.\"
\n" ); document.write( "C tiles = t - \"1%2F12\"t - \"11%2F48\"t
\n" ); document.write( "C = \"48%2F48\"t - \"4%2F48\"t - \"11%2F48\"t
\n" ); document.write( "C = \"33%2F48\"t tiles in Box C
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( "\"There are 22 more tiles in Box C than Box B.\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"33%2F48\"t - \"11%2F48\"t = \"22%2F48\"t
\n" ); document.write( "\"22%2F48\"t = 22
\n" ); document.write( "22t = 22*48
\n" ); document.write( "t = 48 tiles originally
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\n" ); document.write( "\"How many tiles are in Box A? \"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F12\"*48 = 4 tiles in Box A \r
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