5. Mrs. Perkins hosts a birthday party for her son and 7 guests. She orders 2 cookies and a cupcake for each child. The cost of the cupcake is $2.75, and the total bill is $46.00. What is the
cost of a cookie?

A cookie is $1.50.

Step-by-step explanation:

Variable x = cost of cookies

For each child means the 7 guests plus Mrs. Perkins' son which equals 8.

Set up an equation:

(2x)8 + (2.75)8 = 46

Use distributive property:

16x + 22 = 46

Isolate variable x by subtracting both sides by 22:

16x = 24

Isolate variable x by dividing both sides by 16

x = 1.5

Check your work:

2(1.5) × 8 + (2.75)8 = 46

3 × 8 + 22 = 46

24 + 22 = 46

46 = 46

Correct!

$1.50 per cookie

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that each cupcake is worth $2.75 and the total bill of all her purchases is $46.

Therefore, lets multiply the cost of a cupcake times the amount of people eating them. (the sons and 7 guests which add up to 8)

2.75(8) = $22

Now take the total cost of 8 cupcakes and subtract it from the total.

46 - 22 =  $24

24 dollars is equal to the cost times the amount of cookies purchased. Therefore, let X equal to the cost per cookie and multiply it times the amount of cookies purchased. The amount of cookies is equal to 2 cookies times 8 children.

(2*8)X = 24

16x=24

x= $1.50

Check:

8[ (1)(2.75) + 2X ] = 46

8[ 2.75 + (2) (1.50) ] = 46

22 + 24 = 46

46 = 46

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individuals should refuse to cooperate with institutions they believe unjust.

thoreau felt  that governments were more often agents of corruption than justice, even democracies, and that just because the majority feels a certain way does not make it just or correct in absolute terms. he uses the fact that slavery exists in our democracy to support this idea.

he goes on to say that, as a result, people should live true to their own internal laws regarding right and wrong, as a product of reflection and a moral life, rather than following every law that society imposes. 

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