Problem Francois baked just enough cookies to fill all the orders at his bakery. While the cookies were cooling, a kitchen assis

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Problem Francois baked just enough cookies to fill all the orders at his bakery. While the cookies were cooling, a kitchen assis

tant knocked over a cooling rack and spilled 12%, percent of the cookies onto the floor. Francois had to bake 36 more cookies to replace them. How many cookies were ordered in total?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Norma-Jean [14] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-29T02:02:59+03:00

Norma-Jean [14]4 years ago

7 0

300 cookies were ordered in total

Mila [183] · Answer 2 · 2021-11-29T03:56:37+03:00

Mila [183]4 years ago

5 0

   36 = 12% of the total

   36 = 0.12 T

   36/0.12 = T

   300 = T