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Question 1114242: Hello, I submitted this problem earlier. However, I noticed that I forgot to mention some vital information also. Thank you so much for your help! I think I have to multiply the fractions. But what do I do with the remaining three that's stated in the problem?
One night, a guest at an inn couldn't sleep and wanted a snack. He went down to the kitchen where he found a plate of cupcakes. He was hungry and ate 1/6 of the cupcakes. Later, his wife was hungry, couldn't sleep, and so she went to the kitchen and ate 1/5 of the remaining cupcakes. At 10, the oldest son ate 1/4 of what his mother had left. At 11,the second son ate 1/3 of the leftover cupcakes, and just after him, the daughter ate 1/2 of what her brother had left, leaving only three cupcakes for the Inn Keeper's birthday party the next day. How many cupcakes were originally on the plate?
Thank you so much for your help!
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, amalm06:
Answer by ikleyn(52810)   (Show Source):
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One night, a guest at an inn couldn't sleep and wanted a snack. He went down to the kitchen where he found a plate of cupcakes.
He was hungry and ate 1/6 of the cupcakes.
Later, his wife was hungry, couldn't sleep, and so she went to the kitchen and ate 1/5 of the remaining cupcakes.
At 10, the oldest son ate 1/4 of what his mother had left.
At 11,the second son ate 1/3 of the leftover cupcakes, and just after him,
the daughter ate 1/2 of what her brother had left, leaving only three cupcakes for the Inn Keeper's birthday party the next day.
How many cupcakes were originally on the plate?
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1. The amount which was left after the 1-st guest was  .
2. The amount which was left after his wife was  =  .
3. The amount which was left after the oldest son was  =  .
3. The amount which was left after the second son was  =  .
4. The amount which was left after the daughter was  =  .
5. We are given that  = 3.
Hence, c = 6*3 = 18.
Answer. How many cupcakes were originally on the plate? - 18.
Solved.
Answer by amalm06(224)  (Show Source):
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