Bennie is catering a wedding and is putting finger food on plates. He has 72 cheese puffs and 48 carrot sticks. He wants both kinds of food on each plate. He wants to distribute the food evenly, and he doesn’t want any left
over.
a. What is the largest number of plates he can use?
b. How many of each type of food should he put on each of those plates?

Which value of c would make he following expression completely factored? 8x+cy

Arianna is buying plants for her garden. she buys 15 flowering plants for $96. pink flowering plants sell for $8, and purple flowering plants sell for $5. how many pink flowering plants did arianna buy? i figured out the answer! the answer is 7. 8x +5y = 96 plug in 7 for x 8 (7) + 5y = 96 56 + 5y = 96 subtract 56 from both sides 5y/y = 40/5 y = 8 she bought 7 pink and 8 purple plants

Mrs. blake's bill at a restaurant is $42.75. she wants to leave the waiter an 18% tip. how much will she pay in all, including the tip?