document.write( "Question 1129133: three girls share a packet of sweet. the first received 2/5 of the sweets. the second received 5/9 of the remainder and the third got 8 sweets.how many sweet were in the packet? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "three girls share a packet of sweet. the first received 2/5 of the sweets. the second received 5/9 of the remainder and the third got 8 sweets.how many sweet were in the packet?
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With the 1st girl getting \"2%2F5\", \"3%2F5\" remains
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document.write( "With the 2nd girl getting \"5%2F9\" of remainder, \"matrix%281%2C6%2C+%284%2F9%29%2C+%22%2A%22%2C+%283%2F5%29%2C+or%2C+4%2F15%2C+remains%29\"
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document.write( "With the 3rd receiving \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+4%2F15%2C+or%2C+8%29\", we get: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+4%2F15%2C+%22=%22%2C+8%2FN%29\", with N being the original number
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document.write( "4N = 8(15) ------ Cross-multiplying 
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document.write( "N, or original number = \"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+8%2815%29%2F4%2C+%22=%22%2C+30%2C+sweets%29%29\" \n" );
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