SOLUTION: Amber is baking cupcakes for a school fundraiser, and wants to sell them for five times the
cost of making them. The ingredients cost $11.22, and the recipe makes 24 cupcakes. Wr
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Question 797738: Amber is baking cupcakes for a school fundraiser, and wants to sell them for five times the
cost of making them. The ingredients cost $11.22, and the recipe makes 24 cupcakes. Write
an equation to represent this situation, and use it to determine the amount of money Amber
should charge for each cupcake.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Five times the cost of the ingredients is 11.22*5 dollars. Divide this into 24 equal parts, which is the price to sell each cupcake. Let p = price to sell one cupcake.
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