<PRE><B>Question 1058254</B>
 3/5 of the balls in a basket are white, 1/3 of them are orange and the rest are purple. there are 176 more white balls than purple balls. how many balls are there in the basket altogether? 
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Let &quot;x&quot; be the number in the basket.
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white:: (3/5)x
orange: (1/3)x
white = purple + 176
purple:: (3/5)x-176
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Equation:
white + orange + purple = x
(3/5)x + (1/3)x + (3/5)x - 176 = x
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(1/3)x + (6/5)x = x + 176
5x + 18x = 15x + 15*176
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8x = 15*176
x = 15*22
x = 330 (# in the basket
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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