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Olivia owns a pastry shop, and needs to fill an order for 700 cupcakes

She already has 15 cupcakes made, and she can make 137 cupcakes
hour. How many hours does Olivia need to fill the order?
Olivia needs
more hours.

User Doraemon
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5 hours
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Olivia owns a pastry shop, and needs to fill an order for 700 cupcakes She already-example-1
User Leks
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Answer:

5 hours

Explanation:

Olivia needs to make 700 - 15 = <<700-15=685>>685 cupcakes.

So she needs to work for 685 / 137 = <<685/137=5>>5 hours

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