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  • 12-09-2017
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A girl asks her father how many ties he has and he answers with a riddle: "Seven-eighths of my ties plus five." How many ties does her father have?

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  • 12-09-2017
so 5=[tex] \frac{1}{8} [/tex], or 12,5% of his ties
x=100%; x=5*8=40 ties her father has.
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