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John had a certain number of cupcakes to deliver in 3 different places. At a bakery, he delivered half of the cakes, then at a school canteen he delivered half of the remaining cupcakes and then delivered half of the remaining cakes at a restaurant. If he is left with 80 cakes, how many cakes did he have initially? *
Asked by bhanusreevasnthkumar | 25 Jul, 2020, 05:51: PM
John had a certain number of cupcakes to deliver in 3 different places. At a bakery, he delivered half of the cakes, then at a school canteen he delivered half of the remaining cupcakes and then delivered half of the remaining cakes at a restaurant. If he is left with 80 cakes, how many cakes did he have initially?
Total no of cupcakes = x
At Bakery = 1/2 x
At school canteen = 1/2 of remaining 1/2 x cupcakes were delivered = 1/4 x
At restaurant = 1/2 . 1/4 x = 1/8x
Remaining cupcakes = 80
Take LCM and solve this further, we get
So, total cupcakes were 640.
Answered by | 25 Jul, 2020, 08:19: PM
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