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A bookstore had 64 copies of a magazine. Yesterday, it sold 1/4 of them. Today, it sold 1/8 of what remained. How many copies does the books
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A bookstore had 64 copies of a magazine. Yesterday, it sold 1/4 of them. Today, it sold 1/8 of what remained. How many copies does the bookstore have left?
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2021-07-30T20:39:41+00:00
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Answer: 42
Step-by-step explanation:
if the bookstore has 64 copies,
yesterday it was sold 1/4 , so it was sold 64/4=16
today it was sold 1/8 from what remained, which is 6(see below)
64-16=48
48/8=6
the store has left 48-6=42