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The punch bowl at Felicia's party is getting low, so she adds 12 cups of punch to
the bowl. Two guests serve themselves 1.25 cups and 2 cups of punch. The punch
bowl now contains 11.5 cups of punch. How many cups were in the punch bowl
before Felicia refilled it? Let n = number of cups in bowl before Felicia refilled it.​

Answer 1

2.75 cups were in the punch bowl before felicia refilled it .

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to find how many cups were in the punch bowl before felicia refilled it.

Let n = number of cups bowl before felicia refilled it.

Initially we have, n number of cups of punch and then 12 additional cups were added. So, the equation becomes:

→
`n +12`

Now , After this 1.25 and 2 cups were served by guests themselves and remaining cups were 11.5

→
`11.5 + 1.25 + 2`

→
`14.75`

Equating both we get :

`n + 12 = 14.75\\\\n = 2.75`

Therefore, 2.75 cups were in the punch bowl before felicia refilled it.

Answer 2

There are 2.,75 cups of of punch in the bowl before Felicia refilled it

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data,

1. 12 cups of a punch have been added.
2. Two guests serve themselves 1.25 cups and 2 cups of punch.
3. The punch bowl now contains 11.5 cups of punch
4. How many cups were in the punch bowl before Felicia refilled it?

Based on the given data,

Rewrite it as an equation,

Solution would be

Let X be the no of cups of punch in the bowl before Felicia refilled it

In the equation form,

X+ 12-1.25 -2 5=11.5

X+8.75=11.5

X=2.75

There were 2.75 cups of punch in the bowl before Felicia refilled it.