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John bought a variety pack of delicious donuts from the famous Donut house of Amy and Anna. Amy ate two-third of the pack and Anna devoured one-fourth of them. Finally David ate the remaining one donut. Find out the total number of donuts in the pack.

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Answer: 12

Explanation:

2/3 = 8/12

1/4 = 3/12

8/12 + 3/12 + 11/12

amy & anna ate 11 and david had 1

User Fawad Mukhtar
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Answer:

There were 12 donuts in the box.

Explanation:

We are given the following information in the question:

Let x be the number of donuts in the box.

Then, according to the question

Number of donuts eaten by Amy =
(2x)/(3)

Number of donuts eaten by Anna =
(x)/(4)

Number of donuts eaten by David = 1

Total number of donuts =

Number of donuts eaten by Amy + Number of donuts eaten by Anna + Number of donuts eaten by David


\Rightarrow (2x)/(3) + (x)/(4) + 1 = x

Solving the above equation:


11x + 12 = 12x\\x =12

Thus, there were 12 donuts in the box.

User Kevin Lacquement
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