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?
4c +18 42
18c + 4 = 42
4(c + 18) 42
18(c + 4) = 42
4c + 18 = 42
what's the cost of each tea cup
To find the cost of each teacup (c), we can rearrange the equation 4c + 18 = 42 to solve for c.
Subtract 18 from both sides:
4c = 24
Divide by 4:
c = 24 / 4
c = 6
Therefore, the cost of each teacup is $6.