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There are 24 muffins in a bakery. If 3/8 of the muffins are blueberry, how many muffins are strawberrie?

User Dappawit
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Hello there,
8 units = 24
1 unit= 24 / 8
= 3
Blueberry= 3 x 3
= 9
Strawberry(8-3=5u)= 5 x 3
= 15

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User Dpoetzsch
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3/8 = 9 blueberry muffins so 15 (or 5/8) of the muffins should be strawberry if that's the only other kind of muffins in this equation.
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