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Tonya baked two dozen cupcakes for the party. She frosted three-quarters of them with chocolate icing, and she frosted the rest with vanilla icing. How many of the frosted cupcakes had vanilla icing?

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Answer:

Explanation:

If she baked two dozens, which are 24 cupcakes and 3 quarters are chocolate or 3/4 in fractional form. This would be:

24 divided by 3/4 would be: 18

24-18= 6

6 cupcakes are vanilla frosted.

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Answer:

6

Explanation:

Two dozen cupcakes equals 24 cupcakes.

24/4=6

6*3=18

18 cupcakes are chochlate

24-18=6, so 6 are vanilla

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