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\n" ); document.write( "Andrew, Benny and Calvin were given a box of marbles. Andrew took 1/4 of the marbles and then took another 6 marbles from the box. Benny took 1/6 of the remaining marbles and then took another 5 marbles from the box. Calvin took the remaining 45 marbles. How many marbles did Andrew take from the box?
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Let original number of marbles be M\r\n" );
document.write( "After Andrew took  of the marbles, and another 6 marbles,  remained\r\n" );
document.write( "After Benny took  of the remainder, and another 5 marbles,  remained\r\n" );
document.write( "As 45 marbles remained in the end, we get: \r\n" );
document.write( "5M - 80 = 360 ------ Multiplying by LCD, 8\r\n" );
document.write( "5M = 440\r\n" );
document.write( "Original number of marbles, or \r\n" );
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document.write( "Amount Andrew took:

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