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# The number of chickens on Alice’s farm triples every year. At the beg

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The number of chickens on Alice’s farm triples every year. At the beginning of the first year, Alice bought a certain number of chickens. She sold 25 chickens at the end of years 1 and 2. After 3 years she had 240 chickens. How many chickens did Alice originally buy?

A. 15
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
E. 35

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"Only $79 for 1 month Online Course" "Free Resources-30 day online access & Diagnostic Test" "Unlimited Access to over 120 free video lessons - try it yourself" Senior Manager Joined: 28 Jun 2019 Posts: 469 The number of chickens on Alice’s farm triples every year. At the beg [#permalink] ### Show Tags 07 Aug 2019, 02:24 First year, he had 3x chickens which has sold 25 of them at the end; 3X-25 Next year, 3(3X-25)chickens of which 25 have been sold So; 9X-75-25=9X-100 Third yeard ;3(9X-100)=240 27X=540 X=20 Option B Posted from my mobile device _________________ Always waiting Math Revolution GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Aug 2015 Posts: 9018 GMAT 1: 760 Q51 V42 GPA: 3.82 Re: The number of chickens on Alice’s farm triples every year. At the beg [#permalink] ### Show Tags 08 Aug 2019, 23:50 1 => Suppose $$n$$ is the number of chickens that Alice started out with. After one year, Alice had $$3n – 25$$ chickens. After two years, Alice had $$3(3n-25) – 25 = 9n – 100$$ chickens. After three years, Alice had $$3(9n-100) = 240$$ chickens. So, $$9n – 100 = 80$$, and $$9n = 180.$$ Thus, $$n = 20.$$ Alice originally bought $$20$$ chickens. Therefore, B is the answer. Answer: B _________________ MathRevolution: Finish GMAT Quant Section with 10 minutes to spare The one-and-only World’s First Variable Approach for DS and IVY Approach for PS with ease, speed and accuracy. "Only$79 for 1 month Online Course"
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