Lydia is buying cupcake ls for he brother birthday party. She brought 36 cupcakes total. Of the cupcakes she bought, 5/6 of them were vanilla cupcakes, which cost $1.50. The rest of the cupcakes were chocolate, which cost $2.25 each. What was the total Lydia spent on cupcakes

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Tabitha

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23 October, 21:14

Lydia is buying cupcake ls for he brother birthday party. She brought 36 cupcakes total. Of the cupcakes she bought, 5/6 of them were vanilla cupcakes, which cost $1.50. The rest of the cupcakes were chocolate, which cost $2.25 each. What was the total Lydia spent on cupcakes

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Krista Fox · Answer 1

58.50

Step-by-step explanation:

First find out how many were vanilla and chocolate

vanilla: 5/6 * 36 = 30

Chocolate = total - vanilla = 36-30 = 6

Cost for vanilla = 1.50*30 = 45

Cost for chocolate 2.25*6 = 13.5

Add the cost together

45+13.50

58.50