Problema Solution
Julie bought donuts for a party – one sixth of the donuts were jelly donuts, one-third of the donuts were cinnamon donuts, and five-sixths of the remainder were glazed donuts. Julie bought 20 glazed donuts. How many donuts did Julie buy in all?
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let 'x' be the total number of donuts that Julie bought
(x - (x/6 + x/3))*5/6 = 20
by simplifying and solving for x
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we find
x = 48 donuts
Julie bought 48 donuts.