0.14 * 55,000= 7,700
7,700 acres of the forest was destroyed
55,000-7,700=47,300
47,300 acres of the forest was not destroyed
You could write 299/6 or 49.83333, id personally go with the fraction
It would be 32 for your answer
Let's assume
total number of pieces in a cake is x
Gabe eats another fourth of the whole cake
so,
Gabe eats

cedric eats 3 pieces
so,
Cedric and Gade together eat

we are given
Cedric and Gabe eat 9 pieces cake together
so, we can set them equal
and we get

now, we can solve for x
Subtract both sides 3


Multiply both sides by 4


so,
total number of pieces are 24.........Answer
The answer to your question is 2.