
William D. answered 01/28/16
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One very clear way to look at this is to create a table and fill it in with the numbers for each way groups of 27-packs, 9-packs, and single cookies can be combined to add up to 54. Reviewing the table below, there are 11 ways to buy the cookies. (you must have counted 2 options twice)
Option # of 27-packs # of 9-packs # of single cookies
1 2 0 0
2 1 3 0
3 1 2 9
4 1 1 18
5 0 6 0
6 0 5 9
7 0 4 18
8 0 3 27
9 0 2 36
10 0 1 45
11 0 0 54
Jonathon B.
You're missing 27 singles and 1 pack of 2705/29/20