SOLUTION: Eight workers have a plot that is 11*9 feet in size. What is the total area of the field? A colony of ants carried away 32 of your muffins. That was 4/5 of all of them! How many

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Question 546099: Eight workers have a plot that is 11*9 feet in size. What is the total area of the field?
A colony of ants carried away 32 of your muffins. That was 4/5 of all of them! How many are left?

Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a=99sqft
b=
32/0.8=40
40*0.2=8 left

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