SOLUTION: Julie bought donuts for a party - 1/6 of the donuts were jelly donuts, 1/3 of the donuts were cinnamon donuts, and 5/6 of the remainder were glazed donuts. Julie bought 20 glazed d

Question 587573: Julie bought donuts for a party - 1/6 of the donuts were jelly donuts, 1/3 of the donuts were cinnamon donuts, and 5/6 of the remainder were glazed donuts. Julie bought 20 glazed donuts. How many donuts did Julie buy in all?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of donuts she bought
= number of jelly donuts
= cinnamon donuts
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To find the fraction of donuts that are left,
So far there are and

So 1/2 of the donuts are left
are glazed donuts and

She bought 48 donuts
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check:
= number of jelly donuts
= cinnamon donuts

There are donuts left
are glazed donuts
There are 4 donuts of unknown type
OK
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