SOLUTION: Mark wants to make $300 by selling cupcakes at a bake sale, and his mother has offered to pay for the ingredients. He plans to sell them for $5 per dozen. A box of cake mix makes a

Question 370060: Mark wants to make $300 by selling cupcakes at a bake sale, and his mother has offered to pay for the ingredients. He plans to sell them for $5 per dozen. A box of cake mix makes about 50 cupcakes. Approximately how many boxes should Mark buy?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi,

make $300 (profit $5/doz)

$300/$5 = 60 doz needs to be sold. (720 cupcakes)

box of cake mix makes about 50 cupcakes

720/50 = 14.4

~15 boxes will be needed to make the full number of 720 cupcakes. 

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