Emily just hired a new employee to work in your bakeshop. In one hour the employee burned 650 chocolate chip cookies. If this represented 13% of the day's production, how many cookies did you plan on producing that day?

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6 March, 05:21

Emily just hired a new employee to work in your bakeshop. In one hour the employee burned 650 chocolate chip cookies. If this represented 13% of the day's production, how many cookies did you plan on producing that day?

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Valenzuela · Answer 1

5000 Cookies

Step-by-step explanation:

Set up the problem this way:

Let X = number of cookies produced for the day.

13% of X cookies = 650.

or. 13 X = 650

Solve for X by dividing 650 by. 13.

X = 5000

Check!

5000 x 13 % (or. 13) = 650.

Tickles · Answer 2

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