SOLUTION: If John have the money to buy 10 cakes + 8 candies. With the same amount of money, he can buy 5 cakes + 10 chocolate bars, how many cakes can he buy with that amount of money?

Question 783364: If John have the money to buy 10 cakes + 8 candies. With the same amount of money, he can buy 5 cakes + 10 chocolate bars, how many cakes can he buy with that amount of money?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If John has the money to buy 10 cakes + 8 candies with the same amount of money he can buy 5 cakes + 10 chocolate bars, how many cakes can he buy with that amount of money?
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10k + 8c = 5k +10c
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5k = 2c
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# of cakes = k = (2/5)(# of candy bars)
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That's best you can do with the information you have posted.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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