For this case, the first thing we must do is define a variable. We have then: x: number of muffin plates We now write the expression that models the problem. We know there are 4 muffins in each dish, therefore, we have: Substituting for x = 0 we have: Answer: There are 0 lemon muffins d: 0
If there are no plates of lemon muffins then there are also no lemon muffins themselves at all. Anything multiplied by 0 will always give the result of 0.