document.write( "Question 1202332: A bus left an interchange carrying some passengers with it. At the first stop, 1/4 of the people in it alighted and 5 people boarded it. At the 2nd stop, 1/2 of the people in it alighted and 20 people boarded the bus. When it left the 2nd stop, there were 60 passengers in it. How many passengers were there in the bus when it left the interchange? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "A bus left an interchange carrying some passengers with it. At the first stop, 1/4 of the people in it alighted and 5 people boarded it. At the 2nd stop, 1/2 of the people in it alighted and 20 people boarded the bus. When it left the 2nd stop, there were 60 passengers in it. How many passengers were there in the bus when it left the interchange?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of passengers when it left the interchange, be P\r\n" );
document.write( "Then, after leaving the 1st stop, number of passengers were: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%283%2F4%29P+%2B+5%2C+%22or%22%2C+3P%2F4+%2B+5%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "At the 2nd stop, \"1%2F2\" got off, and 20 boarded. After leaving the \r\n" );
document.write( "2nd stop, number of passengers on the bus was: \r\n" );
document.write( "Also, number of passengers that remained on the bus was 60.\r\n" );
document.write( "                                  We then get: \r\n" );
document.write( "                                                  3P + 20 = 320 ------ Multiplying by LCD, 8 \r\n" );
document.write( "                                                       3P = 300\r\n" );
document.write( "Number of passengers when bus left the interchange, or \r\n" );
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document.write( "You can determine the original number by working BACKWARDS, as follows:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Number of passengers AFTER leaving 2nd stop: 60\r\n" );
document.write( "Number of passengers UPON arriving at 2nd stop: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Number of passengers UPON arriving at 1st stop:
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