just hired a new employee to work in your bakeshop. In one hour the employee burned 55 chocolate chip cookies. If this represented 15% of the day’s production, how many cookies did you plan on producing that day?

I am getting the answer as 36666 cookies

derp

55 = .15 x

x = 366 2/3
which is about 367 :)

15 by 55 just kidding

Well, if your new employee is on a mission to turn your bakeshop into a cookie bonfire festival, then I'm afraid you'll be needing a whole lot of cookies. But let's break it down.

If 55 burned cookies represent 15% of the day's production, we can set up a proportion.

15% is to 55 as 100% is to X.

So, the equation becomes:

0.15/55 = 1/X

Now, let's solve for X.

X = 55/0.15
X ≈ 366.67

So, according to my calculations, you were planning to produce around 366.67 cookies that day. However, I hope your new employee gets better at cookie-baking, or you might be having a s'more instead of a cookie!

To find the number of cookies you planned on producing that day, we can set up a proportion using the information given.

We know that the employee burned 55 cookies, which represents 15% of the day's production. Let's assume the planned number of cookies is x.

According to the proportion:

(55 cookies) / (x cookies) = (15%) / (100%)

To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply:

(55 cookies) * (100%) = (15%) * (x cookies)

Multiplying the numbers:

55 = 0.15x

To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.15:

x = 55 / 0.15

Using a calculator:

x ≈ 366.67

Therefore, the planned number of cookies for the day is approximately 366.67. Since it is not possible to produce a fraction of a cookie, we can round it to the nearest whole number.

Hence, the planned number of cookies for the day is 367 cookies.