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There are some hats in a box. 1/6 of them are red, 1/3 of blue, and 3/7 of the remainder are green. If there are 27 green hats, how many hats are there altogether

User MranDvX
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rhere are 30 hats all together
User Tasleema
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1/6 are red and 1/3 are blue
that means 1/6 + 2/6 = 3/6 = 1/2 are either red are blue
3/7 of the remainder is 3/14 of the total
3/14 x = 27
x = 27(14/3) = 126

there are 126 caps
126 / 6 = 21 are red
126 / 3 = 42 are blue
there are 63 left, of which 3/7 are green
3/7 (63) = 27 ==> 27 green caps

total of 126 caps

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