Question

A mean ogre stole 20
of your muffins 5/8 of all of them how many are left?

Answer 1

Let's start by finding out how many muffins were there in total before the ogre stole 20 of them. Let's call that number "x".

If 5/8 of them were left after the ogre stole 20, then 3/8 of them were taken.

So we can set up an equation:

x - 20 = 3/8x

To solve for x, we can start by multiplying both sides by 8 to get rid of the fraction:

8(x - 20) = 3x

8x - 160 = 3x

Now we can solve for x by subtracting 3x from both sides:

5x - 160 = 0

5x = 160

x = 32

So there were originally 32 muffins.

Now we can find out how many are left:

5/8 of 32 = 20

So there are 20 muffins left.

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