Question

Eloise is baking cupcakes and cookies for a birthday party. He baked 2.5 times as many cookies as cupcakes for a total of 56 items. How many of each item did she bake?

A. 16 cookies and 40 cupcakes
B. 35 cookies and 21 cupcakes
C. 35 cupcakes and 21 cookies
D. 16 cupcakes and 40 cookies
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Answer 1

D 16 cupcakes and 40 cookies

Explanation:

I wrote an equation to solve for this

2.5x + x = 56

x represents cupcakes

3.5x = 56

x = 16

16 represents cupcakes.

16*2.5 = 40 (cookies)