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What number is …
… three-quarters of eight-ninths of one-half of 2001?
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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.