SOLUTION: Bob and Mary have different Maths classes. Bob said to mary, "I have more of my homework done than you. I did 18 out of 36 problems so far." Mary disagreed saying, "I already did

SOLUTION: Bob and Mary have different Maths classes. Bob said to mary, "I have more of my homework done than you. I did 18 out of 36 problems so far." Mary disagreed saying, "I already did _

Question 1133439: Bob and Mary have different Maths classes. Bob said to mary, "I have more of my homework done than you. I did 18 out of 36 problems so far." Mary disagreed saying, "I already did ____ out of 48 so far." What was the least number of problems that Mary must have done to have completed a greater percentage of his assigned homework than Bob?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number that makes Mary's % done greater than Bob's

multiply both sides by

Mary must have at least 25 completed out of 48

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