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Kelsey made cupcakes to sell as a fundraiser for her trip to Washington DC.

She purchased one cupcake pan for $12. She calculated that the ingredients
cost her $0.25 per cupcake. She plans to sell the cupcakes for $0.75 each.

a. Write an equation that could be used to find the number of cupcakes
(x) she will need to sell to break even.

b. Solve the equation from part a. Explain how you know
is correct.

c. If she sold 184 cupcakes, what was her profit?
your answer

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User Anukul
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Answer:

a. 12= 0.50x

b. x=24 because if 0.5 times x is 12 then 12 *2 is x

c. 80$

Explanation:

Its above.

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User Jfs
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