Question

Carlos has box of sticks. 2/5 are raspberry of the remaining 1/3 are grape and rest are cherry. If there are 48 raspberry and cherry altogether how many total sticks

Answer 1

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Answer 2

let's let total # of sticks = x

raspberry = (2/5)x
"of the remaining, 1/3 are grape), so (1 - 2/5)x remains, and grape = (1/3)(1 - 2/5)x
"the rest are cherry" so cherry = x - (2/5)x - [(1/3)(1 - 2/5)x]

"48 raspberry and cherry altogether" ---> (2/5)x + x - (2/5)x - [(1/3)(1 - 2/5)x] = 48, solve for x