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[Guest]

3 people had a bag of apples. While two of them were sleeping one of them ate 1/3 of the apples. Later a second person ate 1/3 of those remaining apples. Finally the third person ate 1/3 of those remaining apples, leaving 8 apples in the bag. How many apples were in the bag originally?

 

[stapel]

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Thank you.

Eliz.

 

[Denis]

3 people had a bag of apples. While two of them were sleeping one of them ate 1/3 of the apples. Later a second person ate 1/3 of those remaining apples. Finally the third person ate 1/3 of those remaining apples, leaving 8 apples in the bag. How many apples were in the bag originally?

Ok, BB, let's see your "stuff":
8 are left: how many apples were there when the third person arrived?