St. Patrick's Day Problem Solving On St. Patrick's Day, a local bakery sells a special selection of cupcakes and cookies in honor St. Patrick's Day. At the close of business on the day before St. Patrick's Day, the manager counted orders for a total of 24 dozen shamrock-shaped cookies, horseshoe-shaped cookies, and mint chocolate chip cupcakes. They sold four times as many cupcakes as shamrock cookies and three times as many horseshoe cookies as shamrock cookies. How many mint chocolate chip cupcakes did they sell?

St. Patrick's Day Problem Solving On St. Patrick's Day, a local bakery sells a special selection of cupcakes and cookies in honor St. Patrick's Day. At the close of business on the day before St. Patrick's Day, the manager counted orders for a total of 24 dozen shamrock-shaped cookies, horseshoe-shaped cookies, and mint chocolate chip cupcakes. They sold four times as many cupcakes as shamrock cookies and three times as many horseshoe cookies as shamrock cookies. How many mint chocolate chip cupcakes did they sell?

Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)

6th Edition

ISBN:9780134463216

Author:Robert F. Blitzer

Publisher:Robert F. Blitzer

ChapterP: Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1MCCP: In Exercises 1-25, simplify the given expression or perform the indicated operation (and simplify,...

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