30% of the chickens escaped from a coop. 2/3 were recaptured and returned to the coop. now have 216.?

Question

30% of the chickens escaped from a coop. 2/3 were recaptured and returned to the coop. the number of chickens now in the coop is 216. how many were there before the great escape?

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thanks for your help!! :-)

Answer 1

I suck at math, but this is what I get:

240 before the escape.

2/3 of 30% is 20% (just break the 30% into 3 equal chunks of 10%). So, that means 10% is outside. 10% outside means 90% inside (or .9).

We now have 216. That's 90% of the chickens. This is where algebra comes in.

216 = .9 of X (X being the original amount).

216 divided by .9 = 240 = X

Answer 2

The answer is 240. When 3/10 of the chickens escape there are 7/10 left. When 2/3 of the 3/10 are caught 2/10 of the chickens are added to the 7/10 so 216 is the number of 9/10 of the chickens. If you use the formula 9/10x=216 then you will find that the final total is 240 because 216 divided by 9/10 is 240.

Answer 3

2/3 of the chickens =20% of the total chickens before the great escape.216 chickens = 20% so multiply 216 x 5=1080 chickens at 100% That as fun hope you understand my math.

Answer 4

i dont know the proper way for this but:
you know 216 is 2/3 of what got out, so divide it by 2 and then add that to it to make the total amount that escaped: 216divide2=108 so 108 is one third, three thirds is 324. sorry if i made that more confusing!
ok i just realised i cant remember the next bit! but roughly i'd say there were 1079.99999999999 chickens! so sorry!

Answer 5

226

Answer 6

stop worrying about how many chickens you lost. just kidding. ask your teacher or a classmate for help if you can't make sense of it. look in your math book for examples similar to the problem.