The baker in my town has cooked chocolate, nut and butter cookies. 1/5 of the total number of cookies were chocolate, 1/4 of the remaining cookies were nuts and the rest were butter. How many shortbread cookies do I cook for each chocolate chip cookie?
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"The baker in my town has cooked chocolate, nut and butter cookies. 1/5 of the total number of cookies were chocolate, 1/4 of the remaining cookies were nuts and the rest were butter. How many shortbread cookies do I cook for each chocolate chip cookie?"
The question doesn't make sense. What is a shortbread cookie? Is it supposed to be butter?
Let the total no. of cookies = x
Chocolate cookies = x/5
Remaining = x - x/5 = 4x/5
Nuts cookie = 1/4 * 4x/5 = x/5
Remaining = 4x/5 - x/5 = 3x/5
Butter cookies = 3x/5
Given:
Chocolate cookie = 1
x/5 = 1 x = 5
=> for every 1 chocolate cookie
Nut cookies = 1
Butter cookies = 3
Total cookies = 5
So the answer is 3 shortbread (or butter) cookies
