document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1197118>Question 1197118</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> there were some apple pies and lemon pies pies in two boxes,A and B .box A had 40% of the total number of pies.box B had 12 apple pies.if 75% of the pies in box B were lemon pies,what was the total number of pies in both boxes? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "40% of the pies are in box A, so 60% are in box B.  Given that ratio 40:60 = 2:3,<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "let 2x = # of pies in box A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let 3x = # of pies in box B<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "75% of the pies in box B are lemon, so 25% of them (i.e., 1/4 of them) are apple.  Since the 12 apple pies in box B are 1/4 of the total number of pies in box B, the number of pies in box B is 12*4 = 48.  Then we have<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 16<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the total number of pies in the two boxes is<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3x = 5x = 80<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 80<br><BR>\n" );
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