SOLUTION: ellen noticed that she had worked one third of the problems in her math assignment and that she had worked to more problems she would be halfway through the assignment. how many pr

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Question 1166210: ellen noticed that she had worked one third of the problems in her math assignment and that she had worked to more problems she would be halfway through the assignment. how many problems in the assignment?
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ellen noticed that she had worked one third of the problems in her math assignment and that she had worked
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Let x be the number of problems in her assignments.


The problem says that

    x%2F2 - x%2F3 = 2.


It is your base equation to solve and find x.


To solve it, multiply everything (both sides) by 6.  You will get then

    3x - 2x = 12,

     x      = 12.


ANSWER.  There were 12 problems in the assignment.

Solved.

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