document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1137120>Question 1137120</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> five friends met. each of them gave a cupcake to each of the others. they then ate all the cupcakes they had been given. as a result, the total number of cupcakes they had decreased by a half. how many cupcakes did five friends have at the start? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Each of the five friends gets four cupcakes from the others.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each of them then eats all the cupcakes he was given; that means each of the 5 friends ate 4 cupcakes -- a total of 20 cupcakes.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If eating those decreased the total number of cupcakes by half, then the total number of cupcakes at the beginning was 40.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: There were 40 cupcakes total among the 5 friends at the start. </SPAN>\n" );
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