just hired a new employee to work in your bakeshop. In one hour the employee burned 55 chocolate chip cookies. If this represented 15% of the day’s production, how many cookies did you plan on producing that day?
I am getting the answer as 36666 cookies
derp
55 = .15 x
x = 366 2/3
which is about 367 :)
15 by 55 just kidding
Well, if your new employee is on a mission to turn your bakeshop into a cookie bonfire festival, then I'm afraid you'll be needing a whole lot of cookies. But let's break it down.
If 55 burned cookies represent 15% of the day's production, we can set up a proportion.
15% is to 55 as 100% is to X.
So, the equation becomes:
0.15/55 = 1/X
Now, let's solve for X.
X = 55/0.15
X ≈ 366.67
So, according to my calculations, you were planning to produce around 366.67 cookies that day. However, I hope your new employee gets better at cookie-baking, or you might be having a s'more instead of a cookie!
To find the number of cookies you planned on producing that day, we can set up a proportion using the information given.
We know that the employee burned 55 cookies, which represents 15% of the day's production. Let's assume the planned number of cookies is x.
According to the proportion:
(55 cookies) / (x cookies) = (15%) / (100%)
To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply:
(55 cookies) * (100%) = (15%) * (x cookies)
Multiplying the numbers:
55 = 0.15x
To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.15:
x = 55 / 0.15
Using a calculator:
x ≈ 366.67
Therefore, the planned number of cookies for the day is approximately 366.67. Since it is not possible to produce a fraction of a cookie, we can round it to the nearest whole number.
Hence, the planned number of cookies for the day is 367 cookies.