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The wind blew away 12 of your muffins. That was 3/7 of all of them! How many are left?
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The wind blew away 12 of your muffins. That was 3/7 of all of them! How many are left?

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Set up a proportion

3/7/12 = 1/x

3/7x = 12

x = 28

28 - 12 = 16

16 are left


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