Question
From a bag of peanuts, phillip took 1/3, then joy took 1/4 of the remaining, brent took 1/2 of the remaining, and preston took 10. There were 71 peanuts remaining....how many were there to start?
Answers
Reiny
let the number of peanuts be x
Phil took 1/3 of those, leaving 2x/3
Joy took 1/4 of those leaving (3/4)(2x/3) or x/2
Brent took 1/2 of those, leaving (1/2)(x/2) = x/4
Preston took 10 , finally giving us
x/4 - 10 = 71
x/4 = 81
x = 324
There were 324 peanuts
Phil took 1/3 of those, leaving 2x/3
Joy took 1/4 of those leaving (3/4)(2x/3) or x/2
Brent took 1/2 of those, leaving (1/2)(x/2) = x/4
Preston took 10 , finally giving us
x/4 - 10 = 71
x/4 = 81
x = 324
There were 324 peanuts
Stefania
when you divide 324 from how many kids the took peanuts you will get our answer which will come out to each child gets 81 peanuts from the bag.
dash lane
you can do this
me
Can someone please put a less complex explanation on how to get the total number of peanuts, 324?
Anonymous
Not helping
JU
Can you a better simplified answer. This is seventh grade Math!!!