A restaurant manager bought 20 packages of bagels. Some packages contained 6 bagels each and the rest contained 12 bagels each. There were 168 bagels in all. How many packages of 12 bagels did the manager buy?

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midhun.madhu1987 · Answer

Total number of packages of bagels purchased  = 20

Let the package containing 6 bagels be x.

Then the package containing 12 bagels = (20 - x)

Total bagels = 168

So, 6x + 12(20 - x) = 168

Solve this to find x.

anonymous · Answer

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