Question

Sam baked for the same amount of time each day for 6 days. He baked cakes and bread. Each day he baked bread for 3 hours. He baked for a total of 72 hours. Use the following information to create an equation that shows the number of hours, x, Sam spent baking cakes each day

Answer 1

Explanation:

72 hours total baking during 6 days.

that means 72/6 = 12 hours of baking every day.

3 hours of these 12 hours he used to bake bread.

that leaves 12 - 3 = 9 hours every day for baking cakes.

so, to summarize all this in an arithmetic expression :

x = 72/6 - 3 = 9