Question

You open a drink stand where you sell coffee and hot chocolate. You sell coffee for $1.80 and hot chocolate for $3.15. At the end of the day, you sold 120 cups and the total money you earned was $284.40. How many of each type of drink did you sell?

Answer 1

c = 69 and h = 51

Explanation:

You will need two different equations here

use variable c as coffee and variable h as hot chocolate

c + h = 120

1.80c + 3.15h = 284.40

By moving variables, you can alter the first equation

h = 120 - c

Now insert this into the second equation

1.80c + 3.15(120 - c) = 284.40

Multiply

1.80c + 378 - 3.15c = 284.40

Subtract the c

-1.35c + 378 = 284.40

Subtract 378 from both sides

-1.35c = -93.6

Divide both sides by -1.35

c = 69

Then plug into the first equation

69 + h = 120

Subtract 69

h = 51