SOLUTION: This is a long word problem. Someone asked Teri how many children were riding on the merry go round with her. Teri plans on being a math teacher so as do all teachers she turned

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Question 56992: This is a long word problem.
Someone asked Teri how many children were riding on the merry go round with her. Teri plans on being a math teacher so as do all teachers she turned the answer into a problem. She said, "if you add 1/3 of the number of children riding ahead of me to 3/4 of those riding behind me you will know how many were on the merry go round.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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"if you add 1/3 of the number of children riding ahead of me to 3/4 of those riding behind me you will know how many were on the merry go round.
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Maybe I am missing something here, but it doesn't make sense:
Since they say children, I assume they do not count the teacher.
Let a = number ahead of her
Let b = number behind her
Total Children = a + b
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But she says the total is: (1/3)a + (3/4)b
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So you have: a + b = (1/3)a + (3/4)b; is that possible??
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Maybe she means there's 0 children.