Problema Solution

Francois baked just enough cookies to fill all the orders at his bakery. While the cookies were cooling, a kitchen assistant knocked over a cooling rack and spilled 12% of the cookies onto the floor. Francois had to bake 36 more cookies to replace them.

How many cookies were ordered in total?

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let


x = the number of cookies ordered


0.12x = 36


by solving we find:


x = 300 cookies


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there were 300 cookies ordered.