SOLUTION: Mom had P pounds of cookies and this would feed C children for M minutes. Yet N more children showed up. In how many minutes will P pounds of cookies be devoured by the children?
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: Mom had P pounds of cookies and this would feed C children for M minutes. Yet N more children showed up. In how many minutes will P pounds of cookies be devoured by the children?
This question is from textbook Advanced mathematics
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
where x is the minutes when c+n children are eating
answer
try with numbers
c = 100
n = 20
m = 36
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