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Anna [14]
3 years ago
7

A stray dog ate 6 of your muffins. That was four thirds of all of them. With how many did you you start?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Crazy boy [7]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of muffins was  

40

.

Explanation:

You can translate the important parts of the sentence from English to math (say that  

n

is the total number of muffins):

A stray dog ate  

6



6o f your muffins.

 

=



That was

3

10



3

10

×



of

 

n



all of them!

Now copy down the equation and solve for  

n

:

12

=

3

10

×

n

12

×

10

=

3

10

×

n

×

10

12

×

10

=

3

10

×

n

×

10

12

×

10

=

3

n

120

=

3

n

120

3

=

3

n

3

120

3

=

3

n

3

120

3

=

n

40

=

n

This means that the total number of muffins was  

40

(before the stray dog ate them).

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