Ms. Singh bought a large box of pencils for the next school year she set aside half of them for her students, then gave five for her aide, put a third of the remaining pencils in the study hall, and placed six in her desk if there are four pencils left, how many were in the box when she bought it?

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-8/2y-8=5/y+4-7y+8/y^2-16

we move all terms to the left:

-8/2y-8-(5/y+4-7y+8/y^2-16)=0

we can not solve this equation

cross multiplying, we get :

⇒ (3) × (5) = (9) × (x)

⇒ 15 = 9x