Question

The Cowboys High School Band Boosters are selling candy bars and chips at the basketball tournament to raise money for their band competition. The candy bars sell for $1.00 and the chips sell for $0.50. They have 575 items ready to sell and expect to make $500 on the sale of all the items. How many candy bars do they have ready to sell?

Answer 1

They have 425 candy bars ready to sell.

Explanation:

Let,

x be the number of candy bars ready to sell

y be the number of chips ready to sell

According to given statement;

x+y=575 Eqn 1

x+0.5y= 500 Eqn 2

Subtracting Eqn 2 from Eqn 1

(x+y)-(x+0.5y)=575-500

x+y-x-0.5y=75

0.5y = 75

Dividing both sides by 0.5

`(0.5y)/(0.5)=(75)/(0.5)\\y=150`

Putting y=150 in Eqn 1

x+150 = 575

x = 575-150

x = 425

Hence,

They have 425 candy bars ready to sell.