I'm helping my daughter with her homework and we need help. Forest bought a box of chocolates for himself last week. However, by the time forest got home he had eaten 1/4 of the box. As forest was putting the groceries away, he ate 1/2 of what was left. There are now 9 chocolates left in the box. How many chocolates were in the box to begin with.

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alright so you need to start at the end of the problem and work your way to the beginning of the problem. The problem states that after he ate 1/2 of what was left, he had 9 chocolates. So 1/2 of what is 9. The equation can be set up like this :

1/2x = 9

x = 9 * 2/1

x = 18  

There was 9 cookies left after he ate the 1/4 of chocolate. So 1/4 of what = 18 ? Set up the equation like this :

1/4x = 18

x = 18 * 4/1

x = 72

There was a total of 18 chocolates before he ate the 1/4 of chocolate.

check...

18 chocolates

he ate 1/4 on way to dorm

1/4(72) = 18 /4 = 18 -- after eating 1/4, he has 18 chocolates

he ate 1/2 of what was left

1/3(18) = 9

Leaving 9 chocolates

-Hops

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