Problema Solution

Mark wants to make $300 by selling cupcakes at bake sale, his mother offered to pay for the ingredients. He plans to sell them for $5 per dozen. A box mix makes about 50 cupcakes. Approximately how many boxes should mark buy?

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let


x = the number of boxes that Mark needs to buy


from 1 box he can make 50 cupcakes and earn (50/10) * 5 = $25


since he wants to earn $300 we can write


25*x = 300


x = 300/25


x = 12 boxes


Mark should buy 12 box mixes.