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Mathematics, 08.01.2020 07:31 ryanbreland14

John, joe, and james go fishing. at the end of the day, john comes to collect his third of the fish. however, there is one too many fish to make equal thirds, so john throws it out, takes his third and leaves. joe comes to get his fish without realizing john has already taken his third. he notices that there is one too many fish to make equal thirds, so he throws one out, takes his fish and leaves. james notices that there is one too many fish to make equal thirds, so he throws one out, takes his fish and leaves. assuming no fish are divided into pieces, what is the minimum possible number of fish before john threw out the first fish?

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