document.write( "Question 289864: In a box of 40 cookies, 24 of the cookies were round and 20 of them were made of chocolate. If 12 cookies were neither round nor made of chocolate, how many round chocolate cookies were in the box?\r
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document.write( "(A)4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 28
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Algebra.Com's Answer #209860 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 40-12=28 \n" ); document.write( "24+20=44 \n" ); document.write( "44-28=16 \n" ); document.write( "there were 16 round chocolate cookies \n" ); document.write( "there were 8 other round and 4 other chocolate \n" ); document.write( "and 12 neither round nor chocolate \n" ); document.write( "16+8+4+12=40 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |