You are selling pies for a fundraiser. A wedge of chocolate pie sells for $2. A wedge of apple pies sells for #1.50. At the end of the day, you find that you have collected a total of $49. You sold 10 pieces of apple pie. How many pieces of chocolate pie did you sell?
2006-10-18 12:48:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You sold ten pieces of apple pie, at $1.50 per. That's $15 from apple pies.
If you collected $49 total, and $15 came from apple pies, then $34 must have come from chocolate pies.
If you got $34 from chocolate pies, and each slice sold for $2, how many chocolate pies did you sell?
This stuff really isn't hard, you just need to take it step by step.
2006-10-18 12:52:28 · answer #1 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Multiply the cost of the apple pie (1.5) by the number of pieces sold (10). Subtract that amount from $49. Divide that anwer by the cost of the chocolate pies (2). That will give you the correct answer. Good Luck!!!
2006-10-18 20:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Lex 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
17
2006-10-18 19:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by pinkygirl m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
17 pieces of chocolate pie!
2006-10-18 19:51:32 · answer #4 · answered by Cay-Cay 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
10X1.5=15
49-15=34
34/2=17
you've sold 17 pieces of chocolate pies
2006-10-18 19:50:40 · answer #5 · answered by Yue J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the answer is 17 chocolate pies. pick me because i am the best and you should pick meeeeeeeeeeee!
2006-10-18 19:51:38 · answer #6 · answered by Becky 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't cheat yourself out of a good education. Read the examples in your math book.
2006-10-18 19:50:03 · answer #7 · answered by Plasmapuppy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who cares you got the money man!
2006-10-18 19:50:24 · answer #8 · answered by qrious 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋