SOLUTION: Q: Joe bought a bag of oranges on Monday, and ate a third of them. On Tuesday he ate half of the remaining oranges. On Wednesday he looked in the bag to find he only had two orang

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Question 453988: Q: Joe bought a bag of oranges on Monday, and ate a third of them. On Tuesday he ate half of the remaining oranges. On Wednesday he looked in the bag to find he only had two oranges left. How many oranges were originally in the bag?
I have answered 12...however that keeps coming back as wrong?...Help Please...thank you
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Joe bought a bag of oranges on Monday, and ate a third of them.
On Tuesday he ate half of the remaining oranges. On Wednesday he looked in the bag to find he only had two oranges left. How many oranges were originally in the bag?
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Let original number be "x":
Monday: x-(1/3)x = (2/3)x
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Tuesday: (2/3)x-(1/2)(2/3)x = (2/3)-(1/3)x = (1/3)x
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Equation
(1/3)x = 2
x = 6
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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I have answered 12...however that keeps coming back as wrong?...