SOLUTION: Maggie and esther had some rare coins of 3:5. Esther sold 25% of her cOins and had 225 coins left. how many coins must MAGGIE buy to have the smae number of coins as Esther?
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Question 7155: Maggie and esther had some rare coins of 3:5. Esther sold 25% of her cOins and had 225 coins left. how many coins must MAGGIE buy to have the smae number of coins as Esther? Answer by mathwhiz(13) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Maggie must buy 200 coins.
Maggie:Esther = 3:5
Maggie=
75%=225
100%=300
3/300=5/n
=500 - Esther's coins
500-300 = 200
The answer is 200.
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