Chip has used 23 of the bricks he originally had for putting brick on the house he is building. He has 1,200 bricks left. How ma

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ny bricks did he originally have?
equation pls

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vlabodo [156] · Answer 1 · 2024-09-17T10:29:12+03:00

The number of bricks he originally has is 1800

<h3>How to determine the number of bricks he originally has?</h3>

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

Bricks used = 2/3 of the bricks he originally

Bricks left = 1200

Since he used 2/3 of the bricks, then he has 1/3 bricks left

This can be represented using the following equation

Bricks left = Proportion of bricks left * Total number of bricks

Substitute the known values in the above equation, so, we have the following representation

2/3 * Total number of bricks = 1200

Multiply both sides by 3/2

Total number of bricks = 1800

Hence, the total number of bricks is 1800