You buy 20 cupcakes for $15 and are going to sell them for $2 each. You want to write an expression that represents how much money you will make each day that you sell cupcakes. Which of these quantities should be represented with a variable? (1 point)
the number of cupcakes sold
the amount of money you spent on the cupcakes
the cost of each cupcake sold
the number of cupcakes you bought
The number of cupcakes sold and the amount of money you will make each day should be represented with a variable.
What is it?
The variable that represents the number of cupcakes sold could be represented by "x" or "n" (for example, if you sell "x" cupcakes each day).
The variable that represents the amount of money you will make each day could be represented by "y" or "m" (for example, if you make "y" dollars each day).