I sell cookies for $3 and muffins for $7. Yesterday, I made $129. I sold a total of 27 items. How many of each did I sell?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Liono4ka [1.6K]2 years ago

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12 muffins and 15 cookies are the answer

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