Re: Marcy had 24 stamps, while Jane and Susan had none. Marcy gave 1/2 of
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24 Sep 2022, 00:18
Marcy had 24 stamps, while Jane and Susan had none. Marcy gave 1/2 of her stamps to Jane, and Jane passed 1/3 of her stamps along to Susan. If Marcy then gave Susan 1/3 of her remaining stamps, how many stamps did Susan receive from Marcy and Jane?
So Marcy gave 24/2=12 stamps to Jane
Jane passed 12/3=4 stamps to Susan
Marcy had 12 remaining stamps and she also gave 1/3 of 12=4 to Susan
so now all 3 of them have equal number of stamps=8