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1 year ago

A colony of ants carried away 16 of your muffins. That was 4/7 of all of them! With how many did you start?

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mariarad [96]1 year ago

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You started with a total of 28 muffins

<h3>How to determine the amount you started with?</h3>

From the question, the given parameters are:

Proportion carried away = 16 of the total muffins

Proportion carried away = 4/7 of the total muffins

The above parameters implies that

4/7 of the total muffins = 16

Represent the amount you started with x

So, we have the following representation

4/7 of x = 16

Express as products

4/7x = 16

Make x the subject

x = 7 * 16/4

Evaluate

x = 28

Hence, the total number of muffins is 28

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A colony of ants carried away 16 of your muffins. That was 4/7 of all of them! With how many did you start?​

A colony of ants carried away 16 of your muffins. That was 4/7 of all of them! With how many did you start?