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An unfortunate cook made a few pancakes. One-fourth of all the pancakes were stolen by a cat. Then 4 pancakes were eaten by a parrot while the cook tried to catch the cat. Now, the cook has 32 pancakes. How many pancakes did the cat steal?

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Solution:

Given:

  • p - (p/4 + 4) = 32

Let's simplify the equation to find p.

  • p - p/4 - 4 = 32
  • => p - p/4 = 32 + 4
  • => 3p/4 = 36
  • => 3p = 144
  • => p = 144/3 = 48

We know that the cat stole 1/4 of the pancakes....

  • => p/4 = amount of pancakes the cat stole.
  • => 48/4 = amount of pancakes the cat stole.
  • => 12 pancakes

The cat stole 12 pancakes.

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