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three-quarters of a pile of bricks were used for a certain project. when two thirds of the reminder had been used, 50 bricks were left. how many bricks were there in the original pile?​

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Answer:

200 Bricks

Explanation:

1/3 of the bricks were not used(which was 50 bricks), meaning that 3/3 is 150 bricks of the pile. Since 150 is 3/4 of the original pile, that means that there was 200 bricks at the beginning.

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