A baker at a successful bakery makes three types of cupcakes: vanilla, red velvet, and double chocolate. On Wednesday, he made 18 vanilla cupcakes, which was 17% of the total amount of cupcakes he made. How many total cupcakes did the baker make on Wednesday?Choose 1 answer:(A) 35(B) 54(C) 94(D) 106
Q. A baker at a successful bakery makes three types of cupcakes: vanilla, red velvet, and double chocolate. On Wednesday, he made 18 vanilla cupcakes, which was 17% of the total amount of cupcakes he made. How many total cupcakes did the baker make on Wednesday?Choose 1 answer:(A) 35(B) 54(C) 94(D) 106
Understand Problem: Understand the problem and what is given.We know that the baker made 18 vanilla cupcakes, and this represents 17% of the total cupcakes made that day.
Set Up Equation: Set up the equation to find the total number of cupcakes.Let the total number of cupcakes be T. According to the problem, 17% of T is equal to 18.So, we can write the equation as: 0.17×T=18
Solve Equation: Solve the equation for T.Divide both sides of the equation by 0.17 to isolate T.T=0.1718
Perform Division: Perform the division to find the total number of cupcakes.T=0.1718T=105.88235294117646
Round Result: Since the number of cupcakes must be a whole number, we round the result to the nearest whole number.T≈106
Check Answer Choices: Check the answer choices to see if our result matches any of the options.The closest match to our result is (D) 106.
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