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At the bake sale, a stray dog ate 26 of Samantha's muffins. That was 2/3 of all of them! How many muffins did she start with?

User Sleske
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Let, the number of Original muffins = x

Then, x * 2/3 = 26

x = 26 * 3 / 2

x = 13 * 3

x = 39

In short,Your Answer would be: 39 muffins

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