Question

Mrs. Green sold of her cookies. She gave 36 of the remainder to her neighbour and kept 48 for her family. How many cookies did Mrs. Green sell?​

Answer 1

84

Explanation:

Let's call the number of cookies Mrs. Green sold "x". We can then write the following equation to represent the information given in the problem:

x - 36 - 48 = 0

Solving for x, we get:

x = 36 + 48

Mrs. Green sold 36 + 48 = 84 cookies.

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