A cake box contained 2 kinds of cake: strawberry and chocolate. If 2 strawberry cakes were to be given to a kid, then the ratio of the strawberry cake and chocolato cake was 5: 8. If 6 chocolate cakes were to be removed, then of the cakes in the 11 box would be chocolate cakes. If another 4 strawberry cakes werė to be put into th box, what fraction of all the cakes would be strawberry cakes?

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A cake box contained 2 kinds of cake: strawberry and chocolate. If 2 strawberry
cakes were to be given to a kid, then the matio of the strawberry cake and chocolate
cake was 5: 8. If 6 chocolate cakes were to be removed, then
-of the cakes in th
11
box would be chocolate cakes. If another 4 strawberry cakes werė to be put into th
box, what fraction of all the cakes would be strawberry cakes?
Transcribed Image Text:A cake box contained 2 kinds of cake: strawberry and chocolate. If 2 strawberry cakes were to be given to a kid, then the matio of the strawberry cake and chocolate cake was 5: 8. If 6 chocolate cakes were to be removed, then -of the cakes in th 11 box would be chocolate cakes. If another 4 strawberry cakes werė to be put into th box, what fraction of all the cakes would be strawberry cakes?
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