Question

A stray dog ate 12 of your muffins.That was 3/10 of all of them!
with how many did you start???

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Chismn
please!!
Chismn
please help us mrs.sue!!!
Ms. Sue
Please have patience, girls. I was helping other students and removing your frivolous responses.

Change 3/10 to its equivalent decimal.

3/10 = 0.3

0.3x = 12

x = 12/0.3

x = ?

Chismn
does X=40???
Chismn and kate
sorry Mrs.Sue :(
Ms. Sue
Yes. You started with 40 muffins.

Jasmine
You started with 30.

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