Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The total number of muffins was
40
.
Explanation:
You can translate the important parts of the sentence from English to math (say that
n
is the total number of muffins):
A stray dog ate
6
6o f your muffins.
=
That was
3
10
3
10
×
of
n
all of them!
Now copy down the equation and solve for
n
:
12
=
3
10
×
n
12
×
10
=
3
10
×
n
×
10
12
×
10
=
3
10
×
n
×
10
12
×
10
=
3
n
120
=
3
n
120
3
=
3
n
3
120
3
=
3
n
3
120
3
=
n
40
=
n
This means that the total number of muffins was
40
(before the stray dog ate them).
