Question

The ingredients to make 6 dozen oatmeal raisin cookies cost Sharon $12.29. One dozen oatmeal raisin cookies purchased at the bakery cost $3.76. How much does Sharonsave by baking her own cookies?$9.75$9.85$10.14$10.27None of these choices are correct.

Answer 1

To make Oatmeal raisin cookies:

6 dozen cost $12.29. this implies that 1 dozen will cost:

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ dozen = }(12.29)/(6) \\ 1\text{ dozen = }2.048\text{ dollars} \end{gathered}`

Thus, it cost Sharon $ 2.048 dollars to make a dozen of Oatmeal.

To purchase Oatmeal raisin cookies:

1 dozen cost $ 3.76.

Hence, the amount saved by Sharon by baking her own cookies is:

$ 3.76 - $ 2.048 = $ 1.712

Hence, the answer is None of these choices are correct