Step-by-step explanation:
let x represent the no of pancakes,
she baked 1.5 times pancakes more than waffles,
so from this, no of pancakes = 1.5x,
then she baked more 45 waffles,
no of waffles = (x +45)
so you had 1.5x pancakes and the children ate 12 out of them. the no of pancakes has then been reduced by 12.
thus, no of pancakes = ( 1.5x -12 )
now they see that they have 17 more waffles that pancakes left. this means that :
no of waffles - no of pancakes = 17
(x+45) - (1.5x - 12) = 17
x - 1.5x + 45 + 12 = 17
x = -50 / -0.5
x = 100
hence, there were 100 waffles initially.
hope you understand this,
-s.
