Can You Solve?

in math •  6 years ago 

Mdm Yani mad some cushions to sell at a funfair.She made 25% of the cushions in the first week. In the second week, she made another 28 cushions. The number of cushions made in the first and second week was 40% more than the number of cushions that had not yet been made. She made the rest of the cushions in the third week.

(a) how many cushions did Mdm Yani make in the third week?

(b) How many cushions did Mdm Yani make altogether?

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a) 35 cushions
b) 84 cushions

Basically have to solve 0.25N+28=1.4(N-0.25N-28) to get N which is the total number of cushions and then work back to get the number of cushion in the third week.

a) 35 cushions
b) 84 cushions

Basically have to solve 0.25N+28=1.4(N-0.25N-28) to get N which is the total number of cushions and then work back to get the number of cushions in the third week.