a farmer sold 3/5 of his chicken. If he had 30 chickens left, how many chickens had he at first?

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He had ⅖ of his chickens left, so if c=the number of chickens he had initially:

2c/5=30, c=5×30/2=75 chickens. (He sold ⅗ of 75=45 chickens, so he had 75-45=30 chickens left.)

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