A jar is filled with sweets. Aarav takes 1/3 of them, then Diya takes 1/4 of the remaining sweets. If 18 sweets are now left in the jar, how many sweets were there at the start?

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36. After Aarav: 2/3 remain. Diya takes 1/4 of that, leaving 3/4 of 2/3 = 1/2 of the start. So 1/2 of total = 18, giving total = 36 sweets.

A jar is filled with sweets. Aarav takes $\frac{1}{3}$ of them, then Diya takes $\frac{1}{4}$ of the remaining sweets.
If 18 sweets are now left in the jar, how many sweets were there at the start?

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A jar is filled with sweets. Aarav takes $\frac{1}{3}$ of them, then Diya takes $\frac{1}{4}$ of the remaining sweets.
If 18 sweets are now left in the jar, how many sweets were there at the start?