SOLUTION: lloyd gave 1/2 of his marbles to lee then he gave 2/3 of the remaining ones to lynn if he ended up with 10 how many did he start with

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Question 360264: lloyd gave 1/2 of his marbles to lee then he gave 2/3 of the remaining ones to lynn if he ended up with 10 how many did he start with
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lloyd gave 1/2 of his marbles to lee then he gave 2/3 of the remaining ones to lynn
if he ended up with 10 how many did he start with
:
Let x = original number of marbles
:
1%2F2x, he gave half away, half remaining
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1%2F3*1%2F2x = 10; gave 2/3 away, 1/3 of his half remaining
:
1%2F6x = 10
x = 6(10)
x = 60 marbles to start with