Question

Lauren sold 140 boxes of cookies 60% of the boxes she sold were to people her dad works with.Of the these boxes 1/4 contained mint cookies how many boxes of mint cookies did lauren sell to the people

Answer 1

Total  boxes of cookies =140

Boxes sold = 60% of 140 
Boxes sold = 0.6 x 140
Boxes sold = 84 

Boxes sold that contained mint cookies = 1/4 of 84
Boxes sold that contained mint cookies = 21

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Answer: Lauren sold 21 boxes of mint cookies.
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