SOLUTION: a bakery advertises doughnuts at $5 per box. when the coach bought doughnuts for his employees, he received 52 doughnuts for $20. how many boxes did he get, and how many doughnuts

Question 1097651: a bakery advertises doughnuts at $5 per box. when the coach bought doughnuts for his employees, he received 52 doughnuts for $20. how many boxes did he get, and how many doughnuts were in each box?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
[ total cost ] / [ cost/box ] = [ number of boxes ]

He got 4 boxes
[ total number of doughnuts ] / [ number of boxes ] = [ doughnuts/box ]

There are 13 doughnuts/box

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