Question

There are some caps in a box. 1/6 of them are red, 1/3 of them are blue and 3/7 of the remainder are green. If there are 27 green caps, how many caps are there altogether?

How should I solve this?

Answer 1

1/6 + 2/6 = 3/6 = 1/2 are red or blue

the other half
3/7 (1/2) = 3/14 are green
so
3/14 x = 27
1/14 x = 9
x = 14*9 =

Answer 2

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