document.write( "Question 1184735: Blue stickers were sold in packet of 15 each. Green stickers were sold in
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document.write( "packets of 40 each. Renee bought 5 packets of blue stickers and some
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document.write( "packets if green stickers. Fatimah bought 13 packets of blue stickers and
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document.write( "some packets of green stickers. Both girls bought the same total number of
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document.write( "(a) How many more green stickers did Renee buy than Fatimah\r
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document.write( "(b) After Renee used 3/5 of her green stickers and Fatimah used half of
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document.write( " her green stickers, they both had 452 green stickers left altogether.
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document.write( " How many blue and green did Fatimah buy altogether? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #815958 by MathTherapy(10551)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Blue stickers were sold in packet of 15 each. Green stickers were sold in \n" ); document.write( "packets of 40 each. Renee bought 5 packets of blue stickers and some \n" ); document.write( "packets if green stickers. Fatimah bought 13 packets of blue stickers and \n" ); document.write( "some packets of green stickers. Both girls bought the same total number of \n" ); document.write( "packets of stickers.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(a) How many more green stickers did Renee buy than Fatimah\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(b) After Renee used 3/5 of her green stickers and Fatimah used half of \n" ); document.write( " her green stickers, they both had 452 green stickers left altogether. \n" ); document.write( " How many blue and green did Fatimah buy altogether? \n" ); document.write( " 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" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); 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" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "After using\n" ); document.write( " |