document.write( "Question 1066909: Vivienne made cupcakes to share with her friends and teachers at school. She gives half of her cupcakes to her friends. Then, she gives 2 cupcakes to her teacher. Finally, she gives 25% of the remaining cupcakes to her principal. She now has 12 cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did she bring to school? \n" ); document.write( "
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Vivienne made cupcakes to share with her friends and teachers at school. She gives half of her cupcakes to her friends. Then, she gives 2 cupcakes to her teacher. Finally, she gives 25% of the remaining cupcakes to her principal. She now has 12 cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did she bring to school?
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Let number of cupcakes she made, be C
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document.write( "After giving \"1%2F2\" to friends, she had \"1%2F2\" left
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document.write( "After giving 2 to the teacher, she had: \"%281%2F2%29C+-+2\", or \"C%2F2+-+2\"
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document.write( "After giving 25% of remainder to principal, she had: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+.75+%2A+%28C%2F2+-+2%29%2C+or%2C+.75C%2F2+-+1.5%29\" left
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document.write( "We then get: \".75C%2F2+-+1.5+=+12\"
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document.write( ".75C - 3 = 24 ------- Multiplying by LCD, 2
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document.write( ".75C = 24 + 3
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document.write( ".75C = 27
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document.write( "C, or number of cupcakes she made was: \"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+27%2F.75%2C+or%2C+36%29%29\" \n" );
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