Question

Emily works at a concession booth for summer sports. Hotdogs are $1.50 and sodas are $0.50. At the end of the night she made a total of $78.50. To replenish her stock she needs to know how many of each were sold. 35 hotdogs were sold, how many sodas were sold?

Answer 1

52 sodas

Explanation

h=hotdogs

s= sodas

1.5h+.5s=78.5

You know that Emily sold 35 hotdogs so you replace h with 35.

Therefore, 1.5(35)+.5s=78.5

52.5+.5s=78.5

.5s=26

s=52