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Laurel Fuller

6 July, 18:24

A carpenter has several boards of equal length. He cuts three fifth of each board. After cutting the boards, the carpenter notices that he has enough pieces left over tom make up the same length as 4 of the original boards. How many boards did the carpenter start with?

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