document.write( "Question 1151921: Hi
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Ms Teo made some muffins to sell. 4/5 of them were chocolate muffins and the rest were blueberry muffins. After selling 84 blueberry muffins and 5/8 of the chocolate muffins, she had 2/5 of the muffins left. How many muffins did Ms Teo sell? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let original number of muffins be M
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document.write( "Then \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%284%2F5%29%2C+of%2C+M%29\", or \"4M%2F5\" of muffins were chocolate, and so, \"matrix%281%2C5%2C+1%2F5%2C+of%2C+M%2C+or%2C+M%2F5%29\" were blueberry
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document.write( "Selling \"5%2F8\" of chocolate means that \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%285%2F8%29+%2A+%284M%2F5%29%2C+or%2C+M%2F2%29\" of chocolate muffins were sold
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document.write( "After selling 84 blueberry and \"M%2F2\" chocolate, she had \"2%2F5\" left, so \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%283%2F5%29+%2A+M%2C+or%2C+3M%2F5%29\" of muffins were sold
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document.write( "We then get: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+84+%2B+M%2F2%2C+%22=%22%2C+3M%2F5%29\"
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document.write( "840 + 5M = 6M ------- Multiplying by LCD, 10
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document.write( "840 = 6M - 5M
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document.write( "M, or original number of muffins = 840\r
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document.write( "As \"3%2F5\" of muffins were sold, then \"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+%283%2F5%29+%2A+840%2C+or%2C+504%29%29\" of the muffins were sold \n" );
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