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?
Let c be the cost of each teacup.
The cost of the teapot is $18.
Rebecca painted 4 small teacups, so the cost of the teacups is 4c.
The total cost of the pottery is $42, so the equation is:
18 + 4c = 42.
What was the cost of each teacup?
To find the cost of each teacup (c), we can solve the equation 18 + 4c = 42.
Subtract 18 from both sides: 4c = 42 - 18 = 24.
Divide by 4 on both sides: c = 24 / 4 = 6.
Therefore, the cost of each teacup is $6.