document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186897>Question 1186897</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Another difficult question, please help.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A factory produced some muffins. Half of the muffins were chocolate. The<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rest of the muffins were vanilla and blueberry in the ratio of 5:7. There were<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 800 more chocolate muffins than blueberry muffins. What was the total number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of muffins produced by the factory? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #817859 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=817859\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 5 and 7 parts were half of the muffins, 5 and 7 being 12 parts, then the chocolate muffins (half of all the muffins) and another 12 parts of all the muffins.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "RATIO\r\n" );
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document.write( "chocolate : vanilla  :  blueberry\r\n" );
document.write( "12        :  5       :   7\r\n" );
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document.write( "x, a common factor for each of the parts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24 total parts of 360 in each part\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How Many Muffins<BR>\n" );
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