Melanie o rekisa dibetsa tsa go suga ntlo ka ntlo. O rekisitse nngwetharong ya dibetsa tsa gagwe kwa ntlong e tala, tse dingwe tse 2 kwa ntlong e khibidu, le halofo ya tse di setseng kwa ntlong e oranse. Fa Melanie a setse ka dibetsa tsa go suga ntlo di le 5, o simolotse ka di le kae? 

Melanie is a door-to-door saleswoman. She sold a third of her vacuum cleaners at the green house, 2 more to the red house, and half of what was left at the orange house. If Melanie has 5 vacuum cleaners left, how many did she start with?
Sa ntlha, atisa dibetsa tsa go suga ntlo tse di setseng di le tlhano ka pedi go bona gore Melanie o ne a na le di le kae pele a etela ntlo e oranse: 5 * 2 = <<5*2=10>>10
Morago o tsenye pedi go bona gore o ne a na le dibetsa tsa go suga ntlo di le kae pele a etela ntlo e khibidu: 10 + 2 = <<10+2=12>>12
Jaanong re a itse gore 2/3 * x = 12, moo x e leng palo ya dibetsa tsa go suga ntlo tse Melanie a simolotseng ka tsone. Re ka bona x ka go arola letlhakore lengwe le lengwe la seemo ka 2/3, seo se re nayang x = 18
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First multiply the five remaining vacuum cleaners by two to find out how many Melanie had before she visited the orange house: 5 * 2 = <<5*2=10>>10
Then add two to figure out how many vacuum cleaners she had before visiting the red house: 10 + 2 = <<10+2=12>>12
Now we know that 2/3 * x = 12, where x is the number of vacuum cleaners Melanie started with. We can find x by dividing each side of the equation by 2/3, which produces x = 18
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