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Jim ate 50 cookies yesterday. He ate 3 boxes of cookies and 8 cookies. How many cookies were in each box?

User Oleg Savelyev
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Answer:

14

Explanation:

First, take away the 8 cookies that were not part of the 3 boxes.

(50 - 8 = 42)

Now we know that 3 boxes of cookies can hold 42 total cookies. However, we need to know how much cookies 1 box can hold. If the 42 cookies are divided evenly between the 3 boxes, our equation would look like this:

42/3 = 14

Therefore, the answer is 14 cookies in each box.

User Roshna Omer
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Answer:

Explanation:

3b+8c=50c

3b=50c-8c

3b=42c

b=14c

So there are 14 cookies in each box.

User Lafual
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