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40 cookies are in a jar. 1/5 of the cookies are chocolate cookies. Someone eats 1/4 of the chocolate cookies. How many cookies remain in the jar?​

Respuesta :

6 cookies remain in the jar

Based on the number of cookies in the jar and the number eaten by the person, the number of cookies remaining is 38 cookies.

The total number of chocolate cookies is:

= Total cookies x Percentage that is chocolate

= 40 x 1/5

= 8 cookies

Someone eats 1/4 of this which is:

= 8 x 1/4

= 2 cookies

The number of cookies left is:

= Number of cookies - Number of cookies eaten

= 40 - 2

= 38 cookies

In conclusion, there are 38 cookies remaining.

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