SOLUTION: mr hansen buys a cupcake for each student in his class the the class party. Each cupcake cost 1.25. However there is a discount where each batch of 10 cupcakes are only $1. He buy

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Question 1132561: mr hansen buys a cupcake for each student in his class the the class party. Each cupcake cost 1.25. However there is a discount where each batch of 10 cupcakes are only $1. He buys 34 cupcakes. hom much did he spend on cupcakes?
Found 3 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy, ikleyn:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

He gets all of the 3 groups of 10 cupcakes
for $1 each. That comes to dollars
There are cupcakes left @
$1.25 each dollars
dollars total
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

mr hansen buys a cupcake for each student in his class the the class party. Each cupcake cost 1.25. However there is a discount where each batch of 10 cupcakes are only $1. He buys 34 cupcakes. hom much did he spend on cupcakes?
Each batch of 10 cupcakes costs $1, so 3 batches, or 30 cost 3 * $1 = $3

4 cupcakes @ 1.25 each = $5

Amount spent:  

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You got two very different answers, because the formulation in  your post is VERY DARK.





 

 

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