Question

Sheila loves to eat chicken tenders. A small order comes with 5 chicken

tenders, and a large order comes with 8 chicken tenders.
Last month, Sheila ordered chicken tenders a total of 7 times. She received a
total of 50 chicken tenders. How many times did she get the large order of
chicken tenders?

Answer 1

Answer: 5 is the correct answer

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: The required number of large order of chicken tenders is 5.

Step-by-step explanation: Given that Sheila loves to eat chicken tenders. A small order comes with 5 chicken tenders, and a large order comes with 8 chicken tenders.

Last month, Sheila ordered chicken tenders a total of 7 times. She received a total of 50 chicken tenders.

We are to find the number of large chicken tenders received by Sheila.

Let x and y represents the number of small orders and large orders respectively of chicken tenders.

Then, according to the given information, we have

`x+y=7\\\\\Rightarrow x=7-y~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(i)`

and

`5x+8y=50\\\\\Rightarrow 5(7-y)+8y=50~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[\textup{Using equation (i)}]\\\\\Rightarrow 35-5y+8y=50\\\\\Rightarrow 3y=50-35\\\\\Rightarrow 3y=15\\\\\Rightarrow y=(15)/(3)\\\\\Rightarrow y=5.`

Thus, the required number of large order of chicken tenders is 5.