SOLUTION: Jaimie was trying to count the number of cookies at the party. One-half were chocolate chip, 12 were peanut butter, one-third were oatmeal. How many cookies did she count?
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Question 91834: Jaimie was trying to count the number of cookies at the party. One-half were chocolate chip, 12 were peanut butter, one-third were oatmeal. How many cookies did she count?
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Question:
Jaimie was trying to count the number of cookies at the party. One-half were chocolate chip, 12 were peanut butter, one-third were oatmeal. How many cookies did she count?
Answer:
Assume that,
Total number of cookies = x
Then number of chocolate chip = one-half of x =
Peanut butter = 12
Oatmeal = one-third =
As per the question,
Multiply throughout with 6
==>
==>
==>
==>
Subtract 5x from both sides...
==> 5x + 72 - 5x = 6x - 5x
==> 72 = x
That is ...
Total number of cookies = 72
Hope you found the explanation useful.
Regards.
Praseena.
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