Question

Francesca made sugar cookies and ginger snap cookies. She made 3 sugar cookies for every 2 ginger snaps. If Francesca made 60 cookies in all, how many ginger snaps did she make?

Answer 1

The total number of cookies Francesca made is 60, so we can write the equation:

(3/2)x + x = 60

To solve for x, we can simplify the equation:

(5/2)x = 60

Multiplying both sides by 2/5 to isolate x:

x = (60 * 2/5) = 24

Therefore, Francesca made 24 ginger snap cookies.