Question

A corner store sells two kinds of baked goods: cakes and pies. A cake costs $15 and a pie costs $13. In one

day, the store sold 9 baked goods for a total of $121. How many cakes did they sell?
a. 8 cakes
c. 7 cakes
b. 2 cakes
d. 4 cakes

Answer 1

a. 8

Step-by-step explanation: Out of 12 baked goods sold , let the number of cakes sold, be x in number and pies sold were 12 − x in number. Total sell was $ 144 , 1 cake costs $ 14 and 1 pie costs, $ 8 ∴ 14 ⋅ x + ( 12 − x ) ⋅ 8 = 144 or 14 x − 8 x = 144 − 96 or 6 x = 48 ∴ x = 8