You baked muffins for your class. A dog ate 12 of them. That was 3/10 of the muffins you had. How many did you start with?

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Kiana Spence

7 June, 02:59

You baked muffins for your class. A dog ate 12 of them. That was 3/10 of the muffins you had. How many did you start with?

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Linda Cordova · Answer 1

40

Step-by-step explanation:

Suppose at the starting, you had "x" muffins.

12 = (3/10) x Now let's divide both sides by 3/10

12 / (3/10) = x

12 * (10/3) = x

40=x

You originally had 40 muffins.