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Quick! Andrew has to play 15 games in a chess tournament. At some point during the tournament he has won half of the games he has played, he has lost one-third of the games he has played and two have ended in a draw. How many games has Andrew still to play?

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[tex]x[/tex] - the number of the games he played

[tex]\dfrac{x}{2}[/tex] - the number of the games he won

[tex]\dfrac{x}{3}[/tex] - the number of the games he lost

[tex]x=\dfrac{x}{2}+\dfrac{x}{3}+2\Big|\cdot6\\6x=3x+2x+12\\x=12[/tex]

[tex]15-12=3[/tex]

so, he has still 3 games to play

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