SOLUTION: A school club is having a bake sale and uses the formula P = 5x + 3y to determine the profit, P, for selling x cupcakes and y brownies. Which formula can be used to determine the n
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Question 1173112: A school club is having a bake sale and uses the formula P = 5x + 3y to determine the profit, P, for selling x cupcakes and y brownies. Which formula can be used to determine the number of cupcakes sold?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P=5x+3y
solve for x, number of cupcakes. Isolate x
5x=P-3y
divide by 5
x=(P-3y)/5
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