SOLUTION: can you please help me solve this question:There were a certain number of coffee mugs in the shop. Theo bought 5/2 of the mugs and john bought 5/1 .now there are 150 mugs left in t

Question 877974: can you please help me solve this question:There were a certain number of coffee mugs in the shop. Theo bought 5/2 of the mugs and john bought 5/1 .now there are 150 mugs left in the shop.how many coffee mugs did theo buy?
b)how many coffee mugs were there all together?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
q = original number of coffee mugs before buying

Do you see something wrong with your description? Theo and John each buys more coffee mugs than are originally in the store.

Recheck your exercise carefully and resubmit the question.
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