Question

Uncle Joe made chocolate chip cookies. Michael ate 50% right away. Robert ate 50% of what was left. fourteen cookies remain. How many cookies did Uncle Joe make?

Answer 1

50% ate uncle joe and 50% ate robert so, uncle joe make 14 cookies

Answer 2

1. Michael ate 50% of the cookies, so the remaining cookies are 50% of the total. Let's denote the total number of cookies as T. So, after Michael ate his share, 0.5 x T cookies remained.

2. Robert then ate 50% of what was left, leaving only 50% of the cookies that were left after Michael ate. So, after Robert ate his share, 0.5 x 0.5 x T = 0.25 x T cookies remained.

3. We know that 14 cookies remained after Robert ate his share.

So, we can set up the equation 0.25 x T = 14 and solve for T:

T = 14/0.25 = 56

So, Uncle Joe made 56 chocolate chip cookies.

Explanation:

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