Given:
Leon had 84 paper clips.
He gave [tex]\dfrac{3}{4}[/tex] of them to Joe.
Joe gave [tex]\dfrac{2}{7}[/tex] of what he received to Justin.
To find:
How many paper clips did Justin get?
Solution:
Leon had 84 paper clips and he gave [tex]\dfrac{3}{4}[/tex] of them to Joe.
Number of paper clips Joe has = [tex]\dfrac{3}{4}\times 84[/tex]
= [tex]63[/tex]
Joe gave [tex]\dfrac{2}{7}[/tex] of what he received to Justin.
Number of paper clips Justin has = [tex]\dfrac{2}{7}\times 63[/tex]
= [tex]18[/tex]
Therefore, Justin has 18 paper clips.
