SOLUTION: Lisa bought 45 lbs of clay for her art projects. She used 14.6 lbs to make a sculpture, and 1.04 lbs for each mug. How many mugs did Lisa make if she had 16.88 lbs of clay left ove

Question 1160186: Lisa bought 45 lbs of clay for her art projects. She used 14.6 lbs to make a sculpture, and 1.04 lbs for each mug. How many mugs did Lisa make if she had 16.88 lbs of clay left over?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, saw, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Simplify and solve.
Answer by saw(34)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the mugs
45-16.88 = 14.6+1/4x
28.12 = 14.6+1/4x
1/4x = 13.52
x = 54.08
So Lisa made 54 mugs.
Check-----
28.12 = 14.6+1/4(54.08)
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This simple problem deserves to be solved in one single line the number of mugs = = 13. ANSWER

Solved.

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Ignore the solution and the answer by @saw,

since they both are INCORRECT.

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