document.write( "Question 1202349: Lloyd gave 1/2 his marbles to Lee. Then, he gave 2/3 of the remaining ones to Lynn. If he ended up with ten marbles, how many did he have when started? \n" ); document.write( "

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n number of marbles to start\r
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"n%2F2\"$ remaining\r
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281%2F3%29%281%2F2%29n\"$ remaining\r
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\n" ); document.write( "He has now 10 marbles.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n%2F6=10\"$ \r
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