Mary baked some pies. She packed 1/3 of the pies in 8 small boxes and 2/5 of
the pies in 7 big boxes. She donated the remaining pies to a charity. Each big
box had 26 more pies than each small box. How many pies were packed in
boxes altogether?
+1694 Mary baked some pies. She packed 1/3 of the pies in 8 small boxes and 2/5 of
the pies in 7 big boxes. She donated the remaining pies to a charity. Each big
box had 26 more pies than each small box. How many pies were packed in
boxes altogether?
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Single small box => x Single big box => x + 26
8x / (x + 26) = (1/3) / (2/5) x = 70
Total pies = 1232 
