SOLUTION: Mrs. Cruz baked some cookies. She kept 1/2 of it for her children, and gives 1/2 of the remaining to her neighbor. She then eats the 5 cookies left. How many cookies did she baked?

SOLUTION: Mrs. Cruz baked some cookies. She kept 1/2 of it for her children, and gives 1/2 of the remaining to her neighbor. She then eats the 5 cookies left. How many cookies did she baked?

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Question 1167799: Mrs. Cruz baked some cookies. She kept 1/2 of it for her children, and gives 1/2 of the remaining to her neighbor. She then eats the 5 cookies left. How many cookies did she baked?
Answer by VFBundy(438) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1/2 * 1/2)x = 5

1/4(x) = 5

x = 20
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