Francis owns a cake shop. She is currently preparing cupcakes (x) and cookies (y) for two birthday parties. The first birthday party ordered 20 cupcakes and 40 cookies and their total cost was $61. The second birthday party ordered 30 cupcakes and 30 cookies. Their total cost was $64.50. Define each variable

Let x=

Let y=

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Let x = the amount of cupcakes

Let x = the price of one cupcake

Let y = the amount of cookies

Let y = the price of one cookie

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your answer is: c. 196 7/8 in^3.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

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