SOLUTION: Chris bought 12 items for a total cost of $6.00. The 12 items consisted of cookies and candy bars. The cookies cost 60 cent each and the candy bars cost 45 cents each. How many coo
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Question 295616: Chris bought 12 items for a total cost of $6.00. The 12 items consisted of cookies and candy bars. The cookies cost 60 cent each and the candy bars cost 45 cents each. How many cookies did he buy?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a mixture problem.
c=cookies
b=candy bar
c+b=12
.6*c+.45*b=6
b=8 c=4
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