<PRE><B>Question 54560</B>
Tina used 1/3 of her bus tokens, then lost 3/4 of the rest. This left her with 3 tokens. How many did she start with?
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Let &quot;x&quot; be the original number of tokens.
EQUATION:
x-(1/3)x - (3/4)(2/3)x=3
(2/3)x - (1/2)x=3
(1/6)x=3
x=18 (original number of tokens)
Cheers,
Stan H.


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