SOLUTION: Please solve this Out of 112 children's party bags, 7/8 have a moving toy inside. Of these, 3/7 are jumping beetles and the rest are creeping snakes. How many contain beetles? H

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Question 1134066: Please solve this
Out of 112 children's party bags, 7/8 have a moving toy inside. Of these, 3/7 are jumping beetles and the rest are creeping snakes.
How many contain beetles?
How many contain snakes?
How many contain neither?
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Answer by Glaviolette(140) About Me  (Show Source):
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7/8 of 112 is 98
3/7 of 98 is 42
Therefore 42 are beetles
98-42=56 are snakes
112-98 = 14 with neither