Question

A bakery sold 340 mocha cupcakes in a day, which was 85% of the total number of cupcakes sold that day. How many total cupcakes did the bakery sell that day?

Answer 1

400

Explanation:

Given:

Number of mocha cupcakes in a day = 340

Total number of cupcakes sold that day =
`85\%`

To find:

Total number of cupcakes sold by the bakery

Solution:

Let x denotes total number of cupcakes sold by the bakery.

According to question,

`(85)/(100)x=340\\x=(340)/(85)* 100=400`

So,

Total number of cupcakes sold by the bakery = 400