Question

Gianna and her children went into a movie theater and she bought $77.50 worth of bags of popcorn and pretzels. Each bag of popcorn costs $6.50 and each pretzel costs $4.75. She bought a total of 13 bags of popcorn and pretzels altogether. Determine the number of bags of popcorn and the number of pretzels that Gianna bought.

Answer 1

4 pretzels and 9 popcorn

Explanation:

x=popcorn and y=pretzels

x+y=13 solve for x

x=13-y

6.5x+4.75y=77.5 plug 13-y in for x

6.5(13-y)+4.75y=77.5 distribute

84.5-6.5y+4.75=77.5 combine like terms

84.5-1.75y=77.5

-84.5 -84.5

-1.75y=-7 divide both sides by -1.75

*y=4* plug into x+y=13

x+4=13 subtract 4 from each side

*x=9*