Tina sold cookies at a bake sale.She spent $18.50 on supplies.If she sold each cookie for $0.75 and made a profit of $24.25,how many cookies did she sell write an equation and show your work

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umm · Answer

Hey there, welcome aboard QuestionCove!

Let's start out with using x for the number of cookies Tina sold.
So our given equation would be $$0.75x - 18.50 = 24.25$$And we'd add 18.50 to both sides,leaving us with$$0.75x = 42.75$$Now if we divide both sides by 0.75, how much would that be?

sealake101 · Answer

@Lreynolds24, did that help u any?

Lreynolds24 · Answer

@sealake101 ,It did a little bit

sealake101 · Answer

ok so did u divide both sides by 0.75?

Lreynolds24 · Answer

yes i did

sealake101 · Answer

and what did u get?

Lreynolds24 · Answer

i got x=57 i think i did something wrong

Lreynolds24 · Answer

@sealake101

umm · Answer

57 is correct.