SOLUTION: i need 100 cookies for a party. for every bacth that i make, only 80% of the cookies are good (i eat some, some are burned, and some fall on the floor not necessarily in that order
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Question 381942: i need 100 cookies for a party. for every bacth that i make, only 80% of the cookies are good (i eat some, some are burned, and some fall on the floor not necessarily in that order) how many cookies should i make to end up with 100 cookies for the party?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, mananth:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100/0.8=125
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100/0.8 = 125 cookies is what you must make.
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