Question

In a bakery at night, there are some cupcakes with some flies hovering over them. How many cupcakes are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each fly lands on a cupcake, one fly doesn’t get a cupcake. 2. If two flies share each cupcake, there is one cupcake left out.​

Answer 1

Answer:

3

Step-by-step explanation:

there are 5 cupcakes, as the the 2 flies share 1 cupcake.