A book seller distributed cartons of books as follows, one school received 1/3 of the cartons he had in the stock. A second school received a...

A book seller distributed cartons of books as follows, one school received 1/3 of the cartons he had in the stock. A second school received a quarter of the remainder. A third school received a third of what the second school received. What remained was not more than 42 cartons. How many cartons did the second school receive.

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maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 23, 2019 at 09:44

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