Question

Jonas has 32 strawberry and caramel cupcakes. He sells the strawberry cupcakes for $2 each and the caramel ones for $3 each. He sold all of the cupcakes for a total of $84. Which equations can Jonas use to calculate how many strawberry cupcakes he sold? Let s stand for the number of strawberry cupcakes. Let c stand for the number of caramel cupcakes

Answer 1

The equations are,

s + c = 32

2s + 3c = 84

Explanation:

Since there are a total of 32 cupcakes,

adding the two flavors should give us 32,

now, Let s stand for the number of strawberry cupcakes. Let c stand for the number of caramel cupcakes

so,

s + c = 32 (i)

Also, He sold all of them for $84, since the strawberry ones are sold for $2 and caramel ones for $3, we have the relation,

2s + 3c = 84 (ii)

So, Jonas can use there 2 equations to calculate how many strawberry cupcakes he sold