Mrs Thomas baked 3 types of cookies for sale. She baked 24 more walnut cookies than cashew nut cookies. She baked 48 more cashew nut cookies than almond cookies Mrs Thomas then sold 2/3 of the walnut cookies, 3/4 of the cashew nut cookies and 1/2 of the almond cookies. She had 140 cookies left at the end of the sale. How many walnut cookies did Mrs Thomas bake?

Mrs Thomas baked 3 types of cookies for sale. She baked 24 more walnut cookies than cashew nut cookies. She baked 48 more cashew nut cookies than almond cookies Mrs Thomas then sold 2/3 of the walnut cookies, 3/4 of the cashew nut cookies and 1/2 of the almond cookies. She had 140 cookies left at the end of the sale. How many walnut cookies did Mrs Thomas bake?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter6: Ratio, Proportion, And Probability

Section6.1: Ratios And Rates

Problem 40E

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