Sam went fishing and caught many fishes of different colors. 1/6 of the fishes were gold. 2/3 of the remaining fishes were green while the rest were red. There were 45 green and red fish. How many more red fish than gold fish were there?

Sam went fishing and caught many fishes of different colors. 1/6 of the fishes were gold. 2/3 of the remaining fishes were green while the rest were red. There were 45 green and red fish. How many more red fish than gold fish were there?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

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