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Question 1157342: A man has x match box. On Monday he uses one-quarter of it. On Tuesday he uses five more. How many matches has he used? How many has he left? Found 2 solutions by mananth, josgarithmetic:Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
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A man has x match box.
On Monday he uses one-quarter of it.=x/4
On Tuesday he uses five more. =5
He used (x/4) + 5
Balance he had --- x-((x/4)+5)
=(3x/4) -5
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On Monday he uses one-quarter of it. On Tuesday he uses five more. How many matches has he used? How many has he left?
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Match box begins with x.
When Monday is done, the man has .
When Tuesday is done, he has .
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