SOLUTION: Susie needs ten treats for a party, so she decides to buy a combination of large Nutella-filled cookies and gourmet cupcakes.The cookies are $2.50 each and the cupcakes are $5. How
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Question 1065478: Susie needs ten treats for a party, so she decides to buy a combination of large Nutella-filled cookies and gourmet cupcakes.The cookies are $2.50 each and the cupcakes are $5. How many can she buy with $30?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If she wants to buy 10 of them, then 2 cupcakes and 8 Nutella cookies.
x, the cookies
y, the cupcakes
The cost restriction equation simplifies to .
Substitute:
and then .-----------Gives the desired 10 items.
You can look for other combinations that could work.
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