Susan is picking strawberries. She's trying to fill her basket, but out of every handful of 5 strawberries she can't help but eat one of them herself. If her basket holds 60 strawberries, how many berries will she actually pick before she fills it?
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Out of every 5 berries, she eats 1, so only 5 strawberries - 1 strawberry = 4 strawberries go into the basket for each handful. The basket holds 60 strawberries, so it will take 60 strawberries / 4 strawberries per handful = 15 handfuls to fill the basket. So in total, Susan will pick 60 strawberries + 15 handfuls * 1 strawberry eaten per handful = 75 strawberries.
Thus, the answer is 75.
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