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As a pirate ship found a treasure chest that contained 127 gold coins and 253 silver coins. If there are 38 pirates on the ship and they split the coins evenly, how many coins did they have?A) 10B) 11C) 380D) 418

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Given

A pirate ship found a treasure chest that contained 127 gold coins and 253 silver coins. If there are 38 pirates on the ship and they split the coins evenly

Answer

Total coins 253 + 127 = 380

Total pirates = 38

Coins each pirate got = 380/38 = 10

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