SOLUTION: If john baked cookies and 20% were sugar and 40 cookies were oatmeal. What was the total cookies he baked in all?

Question 808872: If john baked cookies and 20% were sugar and 40 cookies were oatmeal. What was the total cookies he baked in all?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, TimothyLamb:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If john baked cookies and 20% were sugar and 40 cookies were oatmeal. What was the total cookies he baked in all?
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No way to know.
He might have made some chocolate chip, too.

Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
0.2T + 40 = T
40 = 0.8T
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Answer:
T = 40/0.8 = 50
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