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Farmer brown picked oranges. He gave 3/8 To John and 2/3 of the remainder to Steve. If Steve recieved 75 oranges, how many did farmer brown picked?
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Farmer brown picked oranges. He gave 3/8 To John and 2/3 of the remainder to Steve. If Steve recieved 75 oranges, how many did farmer brown picked?
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Find the ratio of number of oranges received by John and Steve , you get 9:16
do cross multiplication
9:16
x:75
ignore the decimals
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Steve receive 2/3 of the remain. 8/8 - 3/8. = 5/8. 2/3 of 5/8 is 10/24 = 5/12 (5/12)x = 75 x 1. X= 75/ (12/5) x = 180 total amount. Steve. 75. John. 105
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