The ratio of the of tables to chairs at a café was 1 : 4. After the café owner bought 16 more chairs, the ratio of the number of tables to chairs at the café became 3: 14. How many tables were there at the café at first?
t/c = 1/4
t/(16+c) = 3/14
Cross multiply and solve the variables from there. :))
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Is it 72
4t = c
14t = 48 + 3c
14t = 48 + 12t
2t = 48
t = 24
I think you may have accidentally done something wrong.
It says the correct answer is 72
oh no
Wait I know how to get 72
48 + 24 = 72
