Question

The soccer team collected $800 at a car wash fundraiser. They charged $5.00 for small vehicles and $10.00 for larger

vehicles. The amount collected can be modeled by the equation 5x+10y=800, where x represents the number of small
vehicles and y represents the number of larger vehicles. If the number of larger vehicles washed was 50, how many small
vehicles were washed in total?
55

Answer 1

60 is your answer.

Explanation:

So what you do is add the 50 into the equation.

Since y represents the larger cars, you will put 50 in the y.

5x + 10(50) = 800

5x + 500 = 800

5x = 300

x = 60

So there were 60 small vehicles that where washed in the car wash.