Jordan and Kerry inherited a collection of paintings from their grandmother. As the older Jordan, first selected 3 paintings to keep. Kerry then took one fourth the remaining paintings. The remaining 6 paintings were to be kept until Jordan and Kerry were older and then handed down to them. How many paintings did they inherit altogether?

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goformit100 · Answer

You can solve the problem using Probability

anonymous · Answer

How so? Doesn't it have to be worked backwards somehow?

goformit100 · Answer

Yes but it will be easier with probability