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Eric has 58 stamps. Sheena gave 1/4 of her stamps to Eric. After giving 1/5 of his stamps to Raju, Eric still had 96 stamps. Find the total number of stamps Sheena had originally

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20-02-2018

Eric has 58 + 1/4 x (where x = number of stamps Sheena had originally).

He gave 1/5 of these to Raju leaving him with 96 so we have the equation:-

(58 + 0.25x) - 0.2( 58 + 0.25x) = 96

0.8*58 + 0.8*0.25x = 96
0.20x = 96 - 46.4 = 49.6
x = 248 Answer

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