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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

you can do this

Answer 4

Can someone please put a less complex explanation on how to get the total number of peanuts, 324?

Answer 5

Not helping

Answer 6

Can you a better simplified answer. This is seventh grade Math!!!