Question

A bakery sells mocha cupcakes and vanilla cupcakes. It sold 391 mocha cupcakes in a day. 15% of the cupcakes sold that day were vanilla. How many total cupcakes did the bakery sell that day?

Answer 1

Given :

A bakery sells mocha cupcakes and vanilla cupcakes.

It sold 391 mocha cupcakes in a day.

15% of the cupcakes sold that day were vanilla.

To Find :

How many total cupcakes did the bakery sell that day.

Solution :

Let, total number of cupcakes bakery sell that day is x.

So, x - 0.15x = 391

0.85x = 391

x = 460

Therefore, total number of cupcakes bakery sell that day is 460 .