"At an ice cream shop, customers pay $3.00 for a medium ice cream plus $0.75 per topping. At a second ice cream shop, customers pay $5.25 for a medium ice cream plus $0.25 per topping. How many toppings would a customer have to order for the ice cream to cost the same at either shop?"

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0.75x + 3 = 0.25x + 5.25

Constants are $3 and $5.25 respectively

Topping costs $0.75 and $0.25 respectively

To have same cost the toppings number would be different as cost is different.

Suppose the number of toppings is x in one shop and y in the other, then the spending if same, we get this equation:

0.75x + 3 = 0.25y + 5.25

Constants are $3 and $5.25 respectively

step-by-step explanation:

the ratio of red paint to blue paint is always 9/7. that means that, whatever x's value, (4x+12)/(4x-4) has that same ratio. so, set up an equation and cross-multiply to solve for x:

9/7 = (4x+12)/(4x-4)

9(4x-4) = 7(4x+12)

36x - 36 = 28x + 84

8x - 36 = 84

8x = 120

x = 15