A king decided to share his collection of precious rubies with his three daughters. He gave his oldest daughter, Clara, 20% of the rubies. He gave Harriet, his middle daughter, 25% of those that were left. He gave his youngest daughter, Melissa, 30% of the remaining rubies.After each daughter had received her share, the king saw that there were 21 rubies left in his collection.
1. how many rubies did the king have in his collection to begin with?
2. how many did each daughter receive?
i asked my brother to help me but he was busy with his own homework. i basically asked everyone of my friends and family,but no luck in helping me. please can someone help me? can you also explain how you got the answer to it??
2007-09-27
17:33:07
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