Veronica serves 24 cups of punch at a reception. Later, she makes another 48 cup

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Veronica serves 24 cups of punch at a reception. Later, she makes another 48 cups of punch and serves 55 more cups to the guests. She has 17 cups of punch left over after the reception. How many gallons of punch did Veronica have at the beginning of the reception. Veronica serves 24 cups of punch at a reception. Later, she makes another 48 cups of punch and serves 55 more cups to the guests. She has 17 cups of punch left over after the reception. How many gallons of punch did Veronica have at the beginning of the reception.

Explanation / Answer

Let veronica had x number of cups initially.

Now we will form a equation in terms of x and solve it.

Given that:

first she serves 24 cups then she make 48 another cups and serves 55 more after that she left with 17 cups. thus equation will be:

x-24+48-55=17

x = 48

Thus initially she had 48 cups of punch.

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