Question

The seventh grade class supplied bags of snacks and beverages for the school dance. They supplied 50 more beverages than bags of snacks. The dance was supplied with a total of 400 items. How many of each were supplied.

a) Define the variable(s)
b) Write a system of equations for the situation.

Answer 1

a) Let x be the number of bags of snacks supplied, and y be the number of beverages supplied.

b) We know that the total number of items supplied is the sum of the number of bags of snacks and the number of beverages, so we can write:

x + y = 400

We also know that the number of beverages supplied is 50 more than the number of bags of snacks, so we can write:

y = x + 50

Therefore, the system of equations for the situation is:

x + y = 400

y = x + 50