Question

Drinks, sweets and party favors purchased for a party cost a total of $51.75. If the drinks cost $26.52 and the party favors cost $12.51, what was the cost of the sweets?

Answer 1

The answer for this problem is $12.72

Explanation:

Well this problem is pretty simple as you have all the things you need to answer the problem. The total amount of money for all the things is $51.75. So now to the subtractions. First you need to subtract $26.52 from $51.75...

$51.75 - $26.52 = $25.23

The next step is to subtract $12.51 from $25.23.....

$25.23 - $12.51 = $12.72

The answer is $12.72