Asked by jen

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?
Answered by 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
Answered by 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.
Answered by dash lane
you can do this
Answered by me
Can someone please put a less complex explanation on how to get the total number of peanuts, 324?
Answered by Anonymous
Not helping
Answered by JU
Can you a better simplified answer. This is seventh grade Math!!!
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