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Gold Coins

Posted: September 7, 2026

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You have five identical jars containing the same number of gold coins. If you remove four coins from each jar, the total number of coins remaining will equal the number of coins originally contained in three of the jars, plus eight additional coins. What was the total number of gold coins originally contained in all five jars?

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