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Jasmine bought a total of 48 cupcakes. Each cupcake cost $0.55, including tax.Of the cupcakesshe bought, 5/8 were vanilla cupcakes. What was the total cost of only the vanilla cupcakes?

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Answer:

$16.50

Explanation:

5/8 = 0.625

multiply that by 48 and you get 30

so 30 of the cupcakes are vanilla so you are going to multiply 30 by .55 which is the price per cupcake and you get 16.5 which is $16.50 dollars

User Pawel Cioch
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5/8 of cup cakes

  • 48×5/8
  • 6(5)
  • 30

Cost of each=0.55

Total cost

  • 30×0.55
  • $16.5
User Tuhin Bepari
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