SOLUTION: Mom had P pounds of cookies and this would feed C children for M minutes. Yet N more children showed up. In how many minutes will P pounds of cookies be devoured by the children?

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Question 66984This question is from textbook Advanced mathematics
: Mom had P pounds of cookies and this would feed C children for M minutes. Yet N more children showed up. In how many minutes will P pounds of cookies be devoured by the children? This question is from textbook Advanced mathematics

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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c+%2F+%28p%2Fm%29+=+%28c%2Bn%29+%2F+%28p%2Fx%29
where x is the minutes when c+n children are eating
cm%2Fp+=+%28c%2Bn%29x%2Fp
cm+=+%28c%2Bn%29x
x+=+cm+%2F+%28c%2Bn%29 answer
try with numbers
c = 100
n = 20
m = 36
x+=+cm+%2F+%28c%2Bn%29
x+=+100%2A36+%2F+%28100%2B20%29
x+=+3600+%2F+120
x+=+30