In Pancake Confectionery, 2/9 of the pancakes baked were strawberry pancakes, 1/3 of them were chocolate pancakes and the rest were vanilla pancakes. 5/6 of the strawberry pancakes were sold. This was 1/2 of the number of vanilla pancakes sold. The number of chocolate pancakes sold was 1/5 the total number sold in the other two flavors. Given that there were 162 pancakes left, how many pancakes were there at first?

In Pancake Confectionery, 2/9 of the pancakes baked were strawberry pancakes, 1/3 of them were chocolate pancakes and the rest were vanilla pancakes. 5/6 of the strawberry pancakes were sold. This was 1/2 of the number of vanilla pancakes sold. The number of chocolate pancakes sold was 1/5 the total number sold in the other two flavors. Given that there were 162 pancakes left, how many pancakes were there at first?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

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