SOLUTION: Holly baked 96 cookies over two days. She baked twice as many cookies on the second day as she did on the first day. She frosted 75% of the cookies she baked on the second day.

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Question 1051774: Holly baked 96 cookies over two days. She baked twice as many cookies on the second day as she did on the first day. She frosted 75% of the cookies she baked on the second day.

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x+2x = 96
3x = 96
x = 32 She baked 32 cookies the first day, and 32*2=64 the second day. Of these, she frosted 64*0.75 cookies (use your calculator)