SOLUTION: Tim bought some strawberry and vanilla puffs in the ratio 7:6. After an equal number of puffs of each type were eaten, there were 65% as many vanilla as strawberry puffs left. In t

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Question 1204319: Tim bought some strawberry and vanilla puffs in the ratio 7:6. After an equal number of puffs of each type were eaten, there were 65% as many vanilla as strawberry puffs left. In the end, there were 165 puffs left altogether. How many puffs were eaten altogether?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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7x stawberry puffs, 6x vanilla puffs

Ate g of strawberry and g of vanilla puffs so 7x-g of strawberry and 6x-g of vanilla puffs
remained.

system%28%286x-g%29%2F%287x-g%29=0.65%2C%287x-g%29%2B%286x-g%29=165%29
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No. Something is faulty here, solution process.