Sixty girls were scheduled to paint flower pots for the school's annual fair. When 3 of the girls became sick the rest of the girls had to paint 8 more flower pots each how many flower pots did they have to paint altogether ?

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Sixty girls were scheduled to paint flower pots for the school's annual fair. When 3 of the girls became sick the rest of the girls had to paint 8 more flower pots each  how many flower pots did they have to paint altogether ?

Steve · Accepted Answer

Assuming the girls were each going to paint the same number of pots, 60x = 57(x+8) So, find x, and there were 60x pots.

Barbara · Answer

12

Anonymous · Answer

Need in detail response to complete

ed · Answer

8 pots/3 girls = 2 2/3 pots per girl 60 girls x 2 2/3 pots/girl = 160 pots