Question

The pep squad sold c, cheeseburgers and h, hothogs at the friday night football game. A total of 220 were sold. There were 3 times more hotdogs sold than cheeseburgers. Write a system of equations for this situation.

Answer 1

• c + h = 220
• h = 3c

Explanation:

The total sold is the sum of the individual numbers sold, hence c+h.

We assume "3 times more" means "3 times as many", so the number of hotdogs sold (h) is 3 times the number of cheeseburgers sold (c), hence 3c.

c + h = 220

h = 3c

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55 cheeseburgers and 165 hotdogs were sold.