SOLUTION: I have to buy 60 cupcakes with $3.00 dollars. At least one cupcake has to fall under prices of 2 cents, 5 cents, and 40 cents. How many cupcakes per price?
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Question 920839: I have to buy 60 cupcakes with $3.00 dollars. At least one cupcake has to fall under prices of 2 cents, 5 cents, and 40 cents. How many cupcakes per price? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! which is 5 cents / cupcake
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If I make 1 cupcake = 1 cent / cupcake, then
I can have:
(1) 1 cent cupcake ( 5 - 4 )
(1) 9 cent cupcake ( 5 + 4 )
(58) 5 cent cupcakes
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If I make the 9 cent cupcakes cost 4 cent / cupcake
then I can have:
(1) 1 cent cupcake
(1) 4 cent cupcake
(59) 5 cent cupcakes
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This is the right total price, but 61 cupcakes
So, I'll make it:
(1) 1 cent cupcake
(1) 4 cent cupcakes
(1) 10 cent cupcake
(57) 5 cent cupcakes
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This seems to work. Am I misreading, though?
Are there only supposed to be 3 price levels?
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