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The wind blew away 30 of your muffins. That was 5/7 of all of them. How many are left?

User JeePakaJP
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Set up a proportion

5 blown away/7 total= 30 blown away/ x total

5*6=30
7*6=42 total

42 total-30 blown away= 12 left

Final answer: 12
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