Question

A parent bakes two types of cookies, white chocolate and peanut butter, for a bake sale. The parent bakes 5 times as many white chocolate cookies, w, as peanut butter cookies, p, and bakes a total of 360 cookies. Which equations represent the situation?

Answer 1

w = 5p

w + p = 360

Peanut butter cookies = 60

White chocolate cookies = 300

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of cookies = 360

Find:

Equations represent the situation

Computation:

Assume:

White chocolate cookies = w

Peanut butter cookies = p

So,

w = 5p

And

w + p = 360

So,

5p + p = 360

p = 60

Peanut butter cookies = 60

White chocolate cookies = 300