Question

The bakery sales 9 sugar cookies for every 5 chocolate cookies sold. If the bakery sold 144 sugar cookies, what was the total number of cookies sold?

Answer 1

For every 14 cookies sold 9 are sugar and 5 are chocolate
So, if 144 are sugar the total sold
= 144 * 14/9
= 16 * 14
= 224 Answer.

Answer 2

224 total cookies sold

Explanation:

if 9 sugar with every 5 cholates then, 144/9 = 16

so there were 16 times 5 cookies were sold with means

80 cholate cookies were sold

80+ 144= 224

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