Question

a bakery located downtown for cupcakes and brownies. each cupcake cost $2.25 and each brownie cost $1.75. The bakery profit for the day selling cupcakes and brownies was $115.25Define the variables. Write a literature equation to represent the given problem situation. using your equation solve for the number of cupcakes sold using your equation solve for the number of brownies sold.

Answer 1

For this case we can conclude that the correct equation for the profit would be given by:

2.25 x + 1.75 y = 115.25

Where x = number of cupcakes sold

y = number of brownies sold

And we can find the number of cupcakes sold like this:

x= (115.25 -1.75y)/2.25

And we can find the number of of brownies with this formula:

y= (115.25 - 2.25x)/1.75