One fifth of a hive of bees flew to the daisies, one third to the tulips, and three times the difference of these two numbers flew to the arbor. One bee continued to fly about the rose bush. How many bees were there?

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anonymous · Answer

There were 15 bees in the hive.
Let h be the number of bees in the hive.  Solve the following for h:$$\frac{h}{5}+\frac{h}{3}+3\left(\frac{h}{3}-\frac{h}{5}\right)+1=h$$h = 15 bees

anonymous · Answer

Thank you for the medal.

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try to solve my age problem while you are at it
no one else has gotten it yet

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it's just a bit harder

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Where is the age problem.  What is it's web address?

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