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Kebab Pies
Mad Ade was making Kebab pies to send to his friends. He has 100 kebab pies and 5 boxes to put them in.
Box #1 and Box #2 together contain 52 Pies.
Box #2 and Box #3 together contain 43 Pies.
Box #3 and Box #4 together contain 34 Pies.
Box #4 and Box #5 together contain 30 Pies.
How many Pies are there in each box?
Box #1 and Box #2 together contain 52 Pies.
Box #2 and Box #3 together contain 43 Pies.
Box #3 and Box #4 together contain 34 Pies.
Box #4 and Box #5 together contain 30 Pies.
How many Pies are there in each box?
Answer
Boxes #1, #2, #4, and #5 together contain 82 Pies. Therefore, Box #3 must contain 18 Pies. With that piece of information, you can figure out how many kebab pies the other bags contain:You know Box #2 and Box #3 = 43 Pies; you know Box #3 = 18 Pies; therefore, Box #2 contains 25 Pies.
You know that Box #1 and Box #2 = 52 Pies; therefore, Box #1 contains 27.
You know Box #3 and Box #4 = 34 Pies; you know Box #3 = 18 Pies; therefore, Box #4 contains 16 Pies.
You know that Box # 4 and Box #5 = 30 Pies; you know that Box #4 contains 16 Pies; therefore, Box #5 contains 14 Pies.
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