Question

Austen has already baked 3 cakes, and he can bake 1 cake with each additional stick of butter he buys. How many additional sticks of butter does Austen need in order to bake a total of 37 cakes?

a) 34
b) 35
c) 36
d) 38

Answer 1

Austen needs 34 additional sticks of butter.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to determine how many additional sticks of butter Austen needs to bake a total of 37 cakes, we need to calculate the difference between the desired number of cakes and the cakes Austen has already baked.

Number of additional sticks of butter = 37 - 3 = 34

Therefore, Austen needs 34 additional sticks of butter to bake a total of 37 cakes.