What number is …
… three-quarters of eight-ninths of one-half of 2001?
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Hint
Can the fractions be simplified?
Answer
667.
Reasoning
3 8 1
— of — of — of 2001
4 9 2
which simplifies to:
24
—— of 2001
72
which simplifies to:
1
— of 2001
3
Giving 667.