document.write( "Question 1048659: ONE NIGHT THE CHIEF OF MANCHESTER COULD NOT SLEEP,SO HE WENT DOWN INTO THE ROYAL KITCHEN WHERE HE FOUND A BOWL OF RIPE MANGOES.BEING HUNGRY,HE TOOK 1/6 OT THE MANGOES.LATER THAT NIGHT,THE QUEEN MOTHER WAS HUNGRY AND COULD NOT SLEEP.SHE TOO TOOK 1/5 OF WHAT THE KING HAD LEFT.STILL LATER,THE FIRST PRINCE ALSO ATE 1/4 OF THE REMAINING MANGOES.EVEN LATER,HIS BROTHER,THE SECOND PRINCE,ATE 1/3 OF WHAT WAS LEFT.FINALLY,THE THIRD PRINCE ATE 1/2 OF WHAT WAS LEFT,LEAVING ONLY THREE MANGOES FOR YHE HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS.HOW MANY MANGOES WERE ORIGINALLY IN THE BOWL? \n" ); document.write( "

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2160 were originally in the bown.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x\"$ original
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2F6\"$ the chief of manchester
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2F30\"$ the queen.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2F120\"$ the first prince
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2F360\"$ the second
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2F720\"$ the third\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2F720\"$ =3 \n" ); document.write( "

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