Question

Ella is selling cookies for $4 per dozen. She

pays $10 for ingredients. If she ends up with
a profit of $66 how many dozen cookies
did she sell?
Equation
Solution

Answer 1

Ella sold 14 dozen cookies.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of dozens of cookies Ella sold, we need to calculate the profit she made from selling the cookies. We know that Ella's profit is $66 and she pays $10 for ingredients. So, her profit after deducting the cost of the ingredients is $66 - $10 = $56.

Ella sells each dozen of cookies for $4, which means she makes $4 profit for every dozen sold. To calculate the number of dozens of cookies she sold, we divide her total profit by the profit per dozen: $56/$4 = 14.

Therefore, Ella sold 14 dozen cookies.

Answer 2

Equation: 4x-10=66

Move -10 to the other side by adding 10 to both sides. to get 4x=76.

Multiply both sides by 4 and get x=19, so she sold 19 cookies