Question

Homer was very generous with his bag of jelly bellys. He gave 2/5 of the whole bag to marge and 1/3 of the whole bag to lisa. he then gave 44 of them to bart and discovered that his bag was empty. how many jelly bellys did homer have to start with? I GOT AS FAR AS ADDING 2/5+1/3 AND I GOT 11/15 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AFTER THAT CAN SOMEONE HELP ME
Ms. Sue
11/15x + 44 = x

4/15x = 44

x = 44/(4/15)

x = 44 * (15/4)

x = 165

keyla
hi how did you get 4/15
Ms. Sue
I subtracted x from 11/15x

15/15 - 11/15 = 4/15

keyla
ok thank you so much
Ms. Sue
You're welcome.
keyla
im sorry to keep bother you but where did the 15/15 come from
Ms. Sue
No problem.

1 = 15/15
keyla
ok i get it now thank you again