Question

he 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?

Answer 1

X = small vehicles
Y = larger vehicles

Plug in 50 for y since 50 larger cars were washed.

5x+10(50)=800
5x+500=800
-500
5x=300
5x/5=300/5
X= 60

60 small vehicles were washed

Answer 2

They washed 60 small vehicles