Question

Bella's Bakery charges $2.25 per cupcake

and $1.75 per cookie. A customer came in
and ordered 5 cupcakes, some cookies,
another cupc
e and paid $24. Write and
solve an equation to determine how many
cookies they purchased.

Answer 1

6 cookies

Explanation:

first, find how much money they spent on cupcakes

6 × $2.25 = $13.5

then, take $13.5 and subtract that by $24

$24 - $13.5 = $10.5

so the person spent $10.5 on cookies. divide the amount per cookie by $10.5

$10.5 ÷ $1.75 = 6

so they bought 6 cookies