Keywords:
Cookies, boxes, sale, profit, unit cost
For this case we have to bake an amount of 702 cookies, which were distributed in boxes of 18 for sale. Selling each box at the same price earned a profit of 136.50 dollars, you want to know the unit cost of each box of cookies.
Let [tex]"x"[/tex]be the number of boxes of cookies:
So, to know the number of boxes we divide 702 cookies among 18:
[tex]x = \frac {702} {18}\\x = 39[/tex]
So, we have Tyler sold 39 boxes of cookies
Now, let [tex]"y"[/tex] be the cost of each box of cookies, to know the unit cost or sale price of the cookie boxes, we divided 136.50 dollars among 39 boxes of cookies, then:
[tex]y = \frac {136.50} {39}\\y = 3.5[/tex]
Thus, the cost of each box was 3.5 dollars.
Answer:
The cost of a box is 3.5 dollars
