The Bermuda Ash waste management company has been working for 45 minutes to clear out all of the garbage from a certain lot. There are now 2/3 as many bags of garbage in the lot as there were when the company started. If there are 62 bags left now, how many bags were in the lot 45 minutes ago, when they started?

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anonymous · Answer

There are now 2/3 the number of bags that we had originally, and now we have 62 bags. So 62 is 2/3 of the number that we want.