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Mr zucco baked a total of 270 cupcakes and muffins. After ue sold 1/3 of the cupcakes and baked 18 more miffins, he had twice as many cupcakes as muffins. How many cupcakes and muffins did mr. Zucco bake to begin with?

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Let:

c = cupcakes
m = muffins

total  = 270

c/3 = 2m 
c + m = 270

solving for the variables with 2 eqs 2 unknowns

m = 38.57 = 39
c = 231.43 = 231

less 18 muffins initially

21 muffins
231 cupcakes

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