Dani made some sandwiches for a party. 3/5 of them were chicken sandwiches and the rest were tuna sandwiches. there 240 tuna sandwiches. How many chicken sandwiches were there?

3/5 * 240 = ?

I think it should be

240/[1-(3/5)]*(3/5)
=360
First, you need to find out the total number of sandwiches were there, so you divide 240(number of tuna sandwiches) by [1-(3/5)](the fraction of the tuna sandwiches to the total number of sandwiches). Then, after you find the total number of sandwiches there, you multiply the total 240/[1-(3/5)] by the fraction of the number of chicken sandwiches (3/5) and you'll get the answer.

If there were only tuna and chicken sandwiches, then as anonymous indicated:

2/5x = 240
x = 600 total sandwiches.

600 - 240 = ?

I hope that makes it a little clearer. Thanks for asking.

To find the number of chicken sandwiches, we need to determine the total number of sandwiches and then subtract the number of tuna sandwiches from it.

Given that 3/5 of the sandwiches were chicken sandwiches, we can say that 3/5 of the total number of sandwiches represents the chicken sandwiches, and 2/5 represents the tuna sandwiches.

Let's solve this step by step:

Step 1: Calculate the fraction that represents the tuna sandwiches.
Given: Tuna sandwiches = 2/5

Step 2: Set up a proportion using the information given.
Let "x" represent the total number of sandwiches.
We can set up the proportion: 2/5 = 240/x

Step 3: Cross-multiply and solve for "x".
Cross-multiplying gives us: 2x = 240 * 5
2x = 1200

Step 4: Divide both sides by 2 to isolate "x".
Dividing by 2 gives us: x = 1200/2
x = 600

Therefore, the total number of sandwiches is 600.

Step 5: Calculate the number of chicken sandwiches.
Given: Chicken Sandwiches = 3/5 (3 parts out of 5 total)
Calculating the number of chicken sandwiches:
Chicken sandwiches = 3/5 * Total number of sandwiches
Chicken sandwiches = 3/5 * 600 = (3 * 600)/5 = 1800/5 = 360

Therefore, there were 360 chicken sandwiches.