Michael, Steve and Tyler shared a box of cookies. Michael ate 1/8 of the cookies, Steve ate one half and Tyler ate 150 more cookies than Michael. If no cookies remain in the box, how many cookies were in the box?  Choose the most appropriate option:
A) 1200. B) 800. C) 600 D) 550 E) 400
Let no of cookies that Michael, Steve and Tyler ate are M, S, T   M+S+T = Total no of cookies (Let it be C)----------------(1)   Then : M=C/8, S=C\2, T= C/8 +150   Putting the Values in (1)   We get C as 600.. hence the answer : 600
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Michael, Steve and Tyler shared a box of cookies. Michael ate 1/8 of the cookies, Steve ate one half and Tyler ate 150 more cookies than Michael. If no cookies remain in the box, how many cookies were in the box?