Painted Pots lets customers choose and paint their own pottery. The store has teapots in multiple sizes. Rebecca chose to paint the largest teapot offered, which cost $18. She also painted 4 small teacups to go with her teapot. Rebecca spent a total of $42 on pottery.
Which equation can you use to find c, the cost of each teacup?
What was the cost of each teacup?
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The equation that can be used to find c, the cost of each teacup, is: $18 + 4c = $42.
To solve for c, we need to isolate c on one side of the equation.
First, we can start by subtracting $18 from both sides of the equation: $18 + 4c - $18 = $42 - $18.
This simplifies to: 4c = $24.
Next, we can divide both sides of the equation by 4 to solve for c: (4c)/4 = $24/4.
This simplifies to: c = $6.
Therefore, the cost of each teacup is $6.