document.write( "Question 1162077: At intermission, Xavier sold refreshments. Of the items he had, 1/5 were granola bars and 1/2 of the remaining items were containers of popcorn. The rest were divided equally among apples, rice cake, and containers of yogurt. Xavier sold the 8 apples he had. How many items did he originally have? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "  of all items were granola;  the rest is    of the items.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Half  of this    items were containers of popcorn.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The other half, or the rest, is    of the items.\r\n" );
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document.write( "These    are divided equally in 3 categories: apples, rice cakes, and containers of yogurt.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, each of the three categories is   =   of the items.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since   (apples)  is  8 item,  hence   is 4 items.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the total number of items was  15*4 = 60.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  He originally had 60 items.\r\n" );
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