Question

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Mindy and Troy combined ate 9 pieces of the wedding cake. Mindy ate 3 pieces of cake and Troy had 1/4 of the total cake.

Write an equation to determine how many pieces of cake (c) there were in total.

-REMEMBER TO COMPLETELY WRITE OUT THE CORRECT EQUATION AND THE TOAL AMOUNT OF PIECES OF CAKE!!!!!

Answer 1

3+1/4c=9

24 pieces in total

Explanation:

Answer 2

The equation we can use is

3 + 1/4c = 9

To find the total number of pieces, we would just solve the equation.

3 + 1/4c = 9

3 - 3 +1/4c = 9 - 3

1/4c = 6

inverse of division is multiputcation

4/1 *1/4c = 6*4

c = 24

There were 24 pieces of cake in total.