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The queen Of heart baked some tarts next day in the market the maid sold 3/5 of the tarts in the morning and one quarter of the reminder in the afternoon if she sold 200 more tarts in the morning in the afternoon how many tarts that the Queen of hearts bake

 Nov 16, 2015
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Let x be the number that she baked.....and we have

 

[3/5]x   = (1/4)[2/5]x + 200  simplify

 

(3/5)x = (2/20)x + 200

 

(6/10)x = (1/10)x = 200      subtract  (1/10x ) from both sides

 

(5/10)x = 200

 

(1/2)x  = 200    multiply both sides by 2

 

x = 400        

 

 

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 Nov 16, 2015

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