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A baker baked 240 tarts. The ratio of the number of chocolate tarts to the number of strawberry tarts was 4:1. He gave an equal number of chocolate and strawberry tarts away and had 7 times as many chocolate tarts as strawberry tarts left. How many tarts did he give away?
4 years ago

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oobleck
c+s = 240
c = 4s
(c-x) = 7(s-x)
solve for x
4 years ago
🐯Tiger🐯
He gave away 48 tarts.
4 years ago
oobleck
not so. I think you got your variables mixed up.
check your answer.
4 years ago

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