Question

Olivia ordered 24 cupcakes and a layer cake. The layer cake cost $16 and the total cost of the order was $57. What was the price of each cupcake? ​

Answer 1

Let's use an equation to solve this problem.

$y=24x+16$

Where x is the price of each cupcake, y is the total cost, 16 is the price of the layer cake, and 24 is the number of cupcakes.

$57=24x+16$

$41=24x$

$x=\frac{41}{24}$

Which simplifies around to $1.71 dollars.

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