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mr.lewis is so boring that when he started talking 1/2 of his students left soon 1/3 left then 1/4 left at the end there was only 90 students left how many students where there in the beginning

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let 'x' represent the number of students in the beginning


(1/2)x + (1/3)(x - (1/2)x) + 1/4(x - (1/3)(x - (1/2)x)) + 90 = x


by solving we find:


x = 720 students


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there were 720 students in the beginning.