document.write( "Question 1184735: Blue stickers were sold in packet of 15 each. Green stickers were sold in
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Blue stickers were sold in packet of 15 each. Green stickers were sold in
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Green stickers are sold in packets of 40 each. \r\n" );
document.write( "Let number of packets of green stickers Renee and Fatimah bought, be G and F, respectively\r\n" );
document.write( "Then Renee bought 40G green stickers and Fatimah bought 40F green stickers\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since both bought the same TOTAL number of packets, then we get: 5 + G = 13 + F\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                     G = F + 8 \r\n" );
document.write( "As seen above, Renee bought F + 8 green packets, or 8 more green packets, or 8(40) = 320 more stickers than Fatimah.\r\n" );
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document.write( "After using  of her green stickers, Renee was left with:  green stickers \r\n" );
document.write( "After using ½ of her green stickers, Fatimah was left with: ½ * 40F, or 20F green stickers \r\n" );
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document.write( "Since they ended up with a total of 452 green stickers, we can say that: 16F + 128 + 20F = 452\r\n" );
document.write( "16F + 20F = 452  -  128\r\n" );
document.write( "36F = 324\r\n" );
document.write( "F, or number of packets of green stickers Fatimah bought = \r\n" );
document.write( "Number of packets of green stickers Renee bought = 9 + 8 = 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sold in packets of 15 each, Renee bought 5 packets, or 15(5) = 75 blue stickers\r\n" );
document.write( "Sold in packets of 15 each, Fatimah bought 13 packets, or 15(13) = 195 blue stickers\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sold in packets of 40 each, Renee bought 17 packets, or 40(17) = 680 green stickers\r\n" );
document.write( "Sold in packets of 40 each, Fatimah bought 9 packets, or 40(9) = 360 green stickers\r\n" );
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document.write( "Number of stickers bought, altogether: 75 + 195 + 680 + 360 = 1,310

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