Question

Lydia is buying cupcake ls for he brother birthday party. She brought 36 cupcakes total.Of the cupcakes she bought,5/6 of them were vanilla cupcakes, which cost $1.50. The rest of the cupcakes were chocolate, which cost $2.25 each. What was the total Lydia spent on cupcakes

Answer 1

58.50

Explanation:

First find out how many were vanilla and chocolate

vanilla: 5/6 * 36 = 30

Chocolate = total - vanilla = 36-30 =6

Cost for vanilla = 1.50*30 =45

Cost for chocolate 2.25*6 =13.5

Add the cost together

45+13.50

58.50