Question

A shop sells cupcakes 4 for $10 . You can use the table to help you answer the question, but you cannot type in the table itself.

Number of cupcakes Price in dollars
4 $10
1
7
How much would it cost for 7 cupcakes?

Answer 1

Cost of 7 cupcakes will be $17.5

Explanation:

Cost of 4 cupcakes sold = $10

We need to find the cost for 7 cupcakes.

We will use unitary method, if we find cost of 1 cupcake then we can find cost of 7 cupcakes.

Cost of 4 cupcakes sold = $10

Cost of 1 cupcakes sold = $10/4

Cost of 7 cupcakes sold = $10/4*7

= $17.5

So, Cost of 7 cupcakes will be $17.5