Question

Eloise is baking cupcakes and cookies for a birthday party. She baked 2.5 times as many cookies as cupcakes for a total of 56 items. How many of each item did she bake?

Answer 1

16 cupcakes and 40 cookies

Explanation:

I wrote an equation to solve for this

2.5x + x = 56

x represents cupcakes

3.5x = 56

x = 16

16 represents cupcakes.

16*2.5 = 40 (cookies)