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Five clever newsboys formed a partnership and disposed of their papers
in the following manner. Tom Smith sold one paper more than one quarter
of the whole lot. Billy Jones disposed of one paper more than a quarter
of the remainder. Ned Smith sold one paper more than a quarter of what
was left, and Charley Jones disposed of one paper more than a quarter of
the remainder. At this stage the Smith boys had together sold just one
hundred papers more than the Jones boys had sold. Little Jimmy Jones,
the youngest kid in the bunch, now sold all the papers that were left.
The three Jones boys sold more papers than the two Smith boys, but how
many more?
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