Question

A concession stand at a football game sells hamburgers and boxes of candy. Jeremy buys a total of 16 items. The number of candy boxes he buys is fourless than three times as many hamburgers. Which system of equations models this situation if he bought h hamburgers and c boxes of candy?3h - 4 = 16h-C = 16C = 3-4h+C = 16h = 4 - 30h + C + 4-3 = 16h = 3c - 4h+c=16

Answer 1

Given

A concession stand at a football game sells hamburgers and boxes of candy. Jeremy buys a total of 16 items. The number of candy boxes he buys is four less than three times as many hamburgers.

To find which system of equations models this situation if he bought h hamburgers and c boxes of candy.

Now,

It is given that, Jeremy bought 16 items.

Since he bought h hamburgers and c boxes of candy.

Also, if the number of candy boxes he buys is four less than three times as many hamburgers.

Then,

`c=3h-4`

Therefore, the system of equation which models the given situation is

`\begin{gathered} h+c=16 \\ And \\ 3h-4=c \end{gathered}`

Hence, the system of equation which models the given situation is h+c=16 and 3h-4=c.