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after a party, you have 2/5 of the brownies you made left over. there are 16 left. how many brownies did you make for the party

Respuesta :

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Let

x--------> total number of brownies made for the party

we know that

[tex]\frac{2}{5}x=16[/tex]

Solve for x

[tex]\frac{2}{5}x=16\\ \\2x=5*16\\ \\2x=80\\ \\x=40\ brownies[/tex]

therefore

the answer is

[tex]40\ brownies[/tex]

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The total number of brownies made for the party is 40.

The given expression in algebraic form is written as:

fraction of the brownies left after the party, = [tex]\frac{2}{5}[/tex]

number of the brownies left after the party, = 16

To find:

  • the total number of brownies made for the party.

Let the total number of brownies made for the party = n

Calculate the total number of brownies as follows:

[tex]\frac{2}{5} \times n = 16\\\\2n = 5\times 16\\\\2n = 80\\\\n = \frac{80}{2} \\\\n = 40[/tex]

Thus, the total number of brownies made for the party is 40.

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