document.write( "Question 1210597: Liam and Noah shared a collection of 540 vintage stamps. Liam sold 2/5 fewer stamps than Noah. After the sale, Noah found that the number of stamps he had remaining was exactly 2/3 of the number of stamps he had sold. If Liam’s remaining stamps accounted for 4/7 of the total stamps the two boys possessed at the end, how many stamps did Liam have at first? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "                Noah          Liam              TOTAL\r\n" );
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document.write( "START             n           540-n              540\r\n" );
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document.write( "SOLD SOME x       n-x         (540-n)-x+2x/5\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Noah found that $\"n-x=%282%2F3%29x\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28540-n%29-x%2B%282%2F5%29x=%284%2F7%29%28n-x%2B%28540-n%29-x%2B%282%2F5%29x%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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