Alex is making puppets for a show. He bought all the string needed for $125.It costs $18 for the remaining materials to make each puppet. What is the total cost to make 50 puppets

ANSWER: y

=

125

+

900

50

=

$

20.5

Step-by-step explanation: Cost of each puppet =  

$

20.5

Explanation:

The number of puppets :  

50

(given)

Let cost of each puppet be  

y

So, total cost will be  

50

y

He brought all string needed for  

$

125

He needs to invest  

$

18

for EACH puppet for the remaining material, i.e.

18

×

50

=

$

900

is the total extra investment to be done.

So total cost will be :  

125

+

900

=

50

y

#therefore cost of each puppet will be :