Victor sold cupcakes and cookies yesterday. Each cupcake sold for $2.25 and each cookie sold for $0.50. At the end of the day, Victor had sold $95.25 worth of cookies and cupcakes. If he sold 68 cupcakes and cookies combined, how many
cupcakes were sold and how many cookies were sold?

number of cupcakes sold is 13  Number of cookies sold is 27  

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of cupcakes that Victor sold.  Let y represent the number of cookies that Jane sold.  Each cupcake sold for $2.25 and each cookie sold for $0.50. At the end of the day,  This mean Victor had 2.25x 0.5y = 42.75 - - - - - - - - - -1she sold 40 cupcakes and cookies combined, it means thatx y = 40Substituting x = 40 - y into equation 1, it becomes2.25(40 - y) 0.5y = 42.7590 - 2.25y 0.5y = 42.75- 2.25y 0.5y = 42.75 - 90- 1.75y = - 47.25y = - 47.35/-1.75y = 27x = 40 - yx = 40-27 = 13

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