SOLUTION: A fast food stand sells muffins and cookies. Last Monday, the ratio of the number of muffins sold to the number of cookies sold was 16 to 13. If a total of 145 items (muffins and c
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Question 802188: A fast food stand sells muffins and cookies. Last Monday, the ratio of the number of muffins sold to the number of cookies sold was 16 to 13. If a total of 145 items (muffins and cookies) were sold, how many muffins were sold?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
m, how many muffins
c, how many cookies
and
Two simultaneous linear equations in variables m and c. Try , and substitute into the 145 equation.
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