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? Choices: (A)4c + 18 = 42 (B)4(c + 18) = 42 (C)18c + 4 = 42 (D)18(c + 4) = 42 What was the cost of each teacup? ____ $

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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?   Choices: (A)4c + 18 = 42 (B)4(c + 18) = 42 (C)18c + 4 = 42 (D)18(c + 4) = 42  What was the cost of each teacup?   ____ $

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Identify Total Cost: Identify the total cost Rebecca spent and the cost of the teapot to find how much was spent on teacups. Rebecca spent 42 $ in total and the teapot cost 18 $. So, the money spent on teacups is 42 $ - 18 $ = 24 $.Set Up Equation: Set up an equation to find the cost of each teacup, c. Rebecca bought 4 teacups. Let c be the cost of each teacup. The equation is 4c + 18 = 42.Solve for c: Solve the equation for c. Subtract 18 from both sides: 4c + 18 - 18 = 42 - 18, 4c = 24, Divide both sides by 4: c = 24 / 4, c = 6.

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