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Jane sold 1/4 of cupcakes in the morning and 3/5 in the afternoon. She then baked 252 cupcakes and at the end she had 3/4 as many as she had at the beginning.
How many di
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Question 1169848: Hi
Jane sold 1/4 of cupcakes in the morning and 3/5 in the afternoon. She then baked 252 cupcakes and at the end she had 3/4 as many as she had at the beginning.
How many did she have at the end.
Thanks
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = original number of cupcakes
Original number, minus 1/4 of original number, minus 3/5 of original number, plus 252, equals 3/4 of original number:
Solve using basic algebra....
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