SOLUTION: A dog ate 12 muffins. That was 3/10 of them all. How many did you start with? Please write an equation.

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Question 933799: A dog ate 12 muffins. That was 3/10 of them all. How many did you start with? Please write an equation.
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x = all the muffins

A dog ate 12. That was 3/10 of them all.

(3/10)x = 12 {three-tenths times all the muffins is 12}

By the way, there were 40 muffins....piggy dog.

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