ON MONDAY YOU GOT SICK BUT YOU WENT TO SCHOOL ANYWAY. ON WEDNSDAY 4 OF YOUR CLASS MATE CAUGHT THE COLD. FROM ALL THOSE PERSONS, 4 MORE CAUGHT IT ON FRIDAY. FROM EACH OF THEM PERSONS WHO GOT SICK ON FRIDAY, 4 MORE CAUGHT THE COLD ON SUNDAY. HOW MANY PPL CAUGHT THE COLD ON SUNDAY ?
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Hi Yolly:
Does your phrase "FROM ALL THOSE PERSONS" refer only to the four sick classmates, or does it refer to all five of you ?
If you're not sure, then please retype the exercise so that the words appear exactly as you see them in your assignment material.
Cheers ~ Mark
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\(\displaystyle As \ I \ was \ going \ to \ St. \ Ives,\)
\(\displaystyle I \met \ a \ man \ with \ seven \ wives,\)
\(\displaystyle Each \ wife \ had \ seven \ sacks,\)
\(\displaystyle Each \ sack \ had \ seven \ cats,\)
\(\displaystyle Each \ cat \ had \ seven \ kits,\)
\(\displaystyle Wives, \ sacks, \ cats, \ and \ kits,\)
\(\displaystyle How \ many \ were \ there \ in \ all?\)
\(\displaystyle I \met \ a \ man \ with \ seven \ wives,\)
\(\displaystyle Each \ wife \ had \ seven \ sacks,\)
\(\displaystyle Each \ sack \ had \ seven \ cats,\)
\(\displaystyle Each \ cat \ had \ seven \ kits,\)
\(\displaystyle Wives, \ sacks, \ cats, \ and \ kits,\)
\(\displaystyle How \ many \ were \ there \ in \ all?\)
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Yolly said: