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Mrs Ali baked some cookies.

She gave away 250 cookies and packed the remaining cookies into bags of 12.
Each bag of cookies was sold for $8.
She received $2016 from the sale of all bags of cookies.
How many cookies did she bake at first?

User Cakeforcerberus
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Answer: 3274 cookies

Explanation:

She sold : 2016 ÷ 8 = 252 ( bags )

The remaining cookies : 12 × 252 = 3024 ( cookies )

She baked : 3024 + 250 = 3274 ( cookies )

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