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kakasveta
6 days ago
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Livingston is a marble freak and loves to play at school. During the first break he doubled the number of marbles he had. During

the second break he lost four marbles (no big deal). During the third break, he increased his stock of marbles by 1/3. During lunch, however, he lost half of his marbles. After school, Livingston played again and tripled what he had. He went home with 72 marbles. How many did he start with?
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hammer [6.5K]6 days ago
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He returned home with 72 marbles after tripling his count. This implies he had 72/3 = 24 before school concluded. If he lost half during lunch, that means he had 24 * 2 = 48 before lunchtime. During the third break, he augmented his stock by one-third. This means 48 = 4/3 * x, indicating he possessed 36 before this break. In the second break he lost 4, so he had 36 + 4 = 40 prior to that. In the initial break, he doubled his marbles, which means he had 40 / 2 = 20 initially.
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