Roger had three cabinets where he stored his shot glass collection:
- The right cabinet held 1/5 of the total number of shot glasses.
- The middle cabinet held <font color=blue>some number</font color=blue> of sevenths (n/7) of the total number of shot glasses.
- The left cabinet has 303 shot glasses in it.
[b]How many shot glasses are in the entire collection?
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Silver Lounger
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2004-02-18 03:55Collecting Shot Glasses
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2004-02-18 09:10Re: Collecting Shot Glasses
I make it <span style="background-color: #FFFF00; color: #000000; font-weight: bold"><font color=yellow>101 x 35 = 3535, with 5/7 in the middle cabinet: 707 + 2525 + 303</font color=yellow></span hi>
Alan
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2004-02-18 10:07Re: Collecting Shot Glasses
I get <span style="background-color: #FFFF00; color: #000000; font-weight: bold"><font color=yellow>3535 - boils down to 28x-5nx=10605. Only integral or non-negative value of n is 5</font color=yellow></span hi>
<font color=blue><font face="Script MT Bold"><big>Rob</big></font face=script></font color=blue>
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2004-02-18 15:37Re: Collecting Shot Glasses
Okay, okay... So Rob and Alan know their shot glasses pretty well....
But do you know the recipe for a 57 Chevy?
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2004-02-18 15:39Re: Collecting Shot Glasses
Oh, I got that....
- 1/4 oz Southern Comfort
- 1/4 oz Amaretto
- 1 oz Blue Curacao
No maths for me... just drinks... <img src=/S/cheers.gif border=0 alt=cheers width=30 height=16>
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