Are 84 the number sold or the number he had to sell?
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A grocer sell 84 oranges in one day. At the end of the day, the grocer has 1/3 as many oranges as he did at the start of the day. If n=the number of oranges the grocer has left at the end of the day, which of the equations could be used to determine the number of oranges left at the end of a day?
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The number sold
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