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02-09-2018
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There are 80 cookies in a box. Tom eats cookies at a rate of 5 per minute. At the same time, Andy also eats cookies at a different rate. How many cookies does Andy have to eat if he and Tom need to finish the cookies in 10 minutes?

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02-09-2018

In 10 minutes, Tom eats (5 cookies/minute)×(10 minutes) = 50 cookies.

Andy must eat the remaining cookies:

... 80 cookies - 50 cookies = 30 cookies.

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The answer to the question asked is

Andy must eat 30 cookies.

The answer to the question not asked is

Andy eats those cookies at the rate

... (30 cookies)/(10 minutes) = 3 cookies/minute

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