document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186042>Question 1186042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Some sweets were distributed equally among 24 children. Then 8 of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "them gave away 2/3 of their sweets to the rest of the children. As a result,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "each of the children receiving the additional sweets had 13 more sweets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "than before. How many sweets were there in total? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The other tutor's second solution, presented a bit differently....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 of the 24 children each gave 2/3 of their sweets to the other 16 children.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the number of children receiving sweets was twice the number of children giving away sweets, each of the 16 children receiving sweets received 1/3 of the number of sweets each child started with.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of sweets each of the 16 children received was 13; since that was 1/3 of what each child started with, the number of sweets each child started with was 3*13 = 39.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the total number of sweets was 24*39 = 936.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 936<br><BR>\n" );
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