SOLUTION: In a spelling bee 50% of the students were eliminated after thefirst round. Only 1/3 of the remaining students were still in the contest after the second round. If 24 students were

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Question 203656: In a spelling bee 50% of the students were eliminated after thefirst round. Only 1/3 of the remaining students were still in the contest after the second round. If 24 students were still in the contest after the second round, how many students began the contest?
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(24/.333)/.5=144 started