document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=325496>Question 325496</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, I have a word problem I have been staring at for hours, trying to figure out. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A bakery sold 3/5 of its muffins. The remaining muffins were divided equally among the 3 employees. Each employee got 16 muffins. How many muffins did the bakery have at first? Solve this problem in two way: with the aid of a strip diagram and with equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So far, this is what I am able to come up with, the bakery sold 3/5 of its muffins, so 3/5(x)   each employee received 16, which means there were 48 left. I cannot get the equation in my head to figure this out. I think once I have that done, I can move onto the diagram.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #233068 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=233068\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x = number of muffins total\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"A bakery sold 3/5 of its muffins\", this means that it sold <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F5%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F5%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > muffins. So there are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-%283%2F5%29x=%285%2F5%29x-%283%2F5%29x=%282%2F5%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-%283%2F5%29x=%285%2F5%29x-%283%2F5%29x=%282%2F5%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > muffins left\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Because \"The remaining muffins were divided equally among the 3 employees\", we know that we divide the remaining muffins <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F5%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F5%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > by 3 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%282%2F5%29x%29%2F3=%282%2F5%29x%2A%281%2F3%29=%282%2F15%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%282%2F5%29x%29%2F3=%282%2F5%29x%2A%281%2F3%29=%282%2F15%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So each worker gets <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F15%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F15%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > muffins. But we also know that \"Each employee got 16 muffins\" so this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F15%29x=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F15%29x=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F15%29x=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F15%29x=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x=16%2A15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x=16%2A15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x=240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x=240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply 16 and 15 to get 240\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=240%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=240%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by 2 to isolate x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Reduce.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the bakery baked 120 muffins. </SPAN>\n" );
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