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19 March, 18:07

A shop owner sold 175 shirts. He donated 1/9 of the remaining shirts to charity and had 4/7 of the shirts left. How many shirts did he have at first?

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  1. 19 March, 18:15
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    I think the answer is 490 shirts, right?

    because

    firstly, let X be the total shirts you need to find

    then we have 175/X is the rate of shirts which the shop owner sold in the begining

    so the remaining rate is (1-175/X)

    the shop owner sold again and the second rate which shows the shirts was donated to the charity is (1-175/X) x1/9

    so the overall rate that shows the owner shop sold in 2 turns is 175/X + (1-175/X) x1/9

    that rate below is also 1-4/7 or 3/7

    so solves 175/X + (1-175/X) x1/9=3/7X=490
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