Cassandra works at a bookstore. Yesterday, she sold 18 hardcover books. The rest of the books she sold were paperback books. She sold a total of 41 books. How many paperback books did she sell? Use the variable p to represent the number of paperback books Cassandra sold yesterday. Which equation represents this situation and its solution? p + 41 = 18; p = 23 18p = 41; p = 23 41p = 18; p = 23 p + 18 = 41; p = 23

step-by-step explanation:

you can add the two numbers and divide the result by 2. or you can find the gap between the two numbers and add half of this to the smaller number.

question: how many people can she serve?

answer: she can serve 16.66666667 people. so she can only give 16 people a complete serving.

question: does she have enough ice cream for her guests?

answer: no. explanation: she only has enough for 16 people to have a full serving. however, she can give a 17th person a partial serving.

the answer is 64 cm

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