Question

A snack cart sells lemonade for $2 and hot dogs for $5. The vendor sold 86 items today for a total of $330.

Which equation is true?

Answer 1

The equation in B is true.

We know this in two ways. Firstly, we know since it sold 86 items, that we have the amount of hot dogs (h) and then the amount of lemonade would be (86 - h), or how ever many is left over after the hot dogs.

Answer 2

The correct equation is 2x+5y=$330 x+y=86