Jamie is ordering cupcakes for an office party. The top three flavors are chocolate/chocolate (x), strawberry/vanilla (y), and peanut butter/chocolate (z). 18 total cupcakes are purchased for $55.75. The chocolate/chocolate are $3 each, the strawberry/vanilla are $2.75 each, and the peanut butter/chocolate are $3.50 each. There are twice as many chocolate/chocolate cupcakes purchased as peanut butter/chocolate cupcakes. How many of each type of cupcake did Jamie purchase

Observe the given data and notice the variable terms
Use operators like multiplication or fraction if it consists of terms like twice or thrice or one fourth etc.
Use the operators like addition or subtraction (more or less/greater or smaller) in between those variables

Given that,

Jamie is ordering cupcakes for an office party.

There are three flavors - Chocolate, Strawberry/vanilla, and peanut flavors.

Jamie purchased a total of 18 cupcakes for $55.75

The cost for a single cupcake of each flavor is as follows:

Chocolate - $3

Strawberry - $2.75

Peanut - $3.50

Consider the number of cupcakes of each flavor as x, y, and z respectively.

So, the equations we can write from this data are,

x + y + z = 18 and

3x + 2.75y + 3. 50z = 55.75

But it is given that,

There are twice as many chocolate cupcakes purchased as peanut butter cupcakes.

So, z = 2x

Then the above two equations become,

3x + y = 18 and

10x + 2.75y = 55.75

By solving these two equations we get,

x = 3.57 ≅ 4

y = 7.28 ≅ 7

Since we know that z = 2x,

⇒ z = 2 × 3.57 = 7.14 ≅ 7

So,

There are 4 chocolate, 7 strawberry, and 7 peanut cupcakes.

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