Olivia orders 24 cupcakes and a layer cake. The layer cake costs $16, and the total cost of the order is $52. What is the cost of each cupcake?​

The total cost was $52. Subtracting out the cost of the layer cake ($16) leaves us with $36 to pay for the 24 cupcakes. This means that each cupcake must have cost $1.50 ( = $36 / 24 cupcakes ).

Step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

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using a graphing tool

see the attached figure

this is a quadratic equation (vertical parabola) open up

the vertex is a > vertex

the domain of the function is all real > interval (-∞,∞)

the range of the function is the > [-6.125,∞)

the function has two x->   and

the function is increasing over the > (0.25,∞)

the function is decreasing over the > (-∞,0.25)