Question

Mrs. Menswar is selling chocolate bars and yogurt cups. The cost of the chocolate bar is $3.00

and the yogurt cups are $5.00. She sold 11 more chocolate bars than yogurt cups and earned $233.
Write and solve a system of equations to represent this situation. Then describe what the solution
means.

Answer 1

36 chocolate bars and 25 yogurt cups were sold

Explanation:

c= # of choc. bars sold = y + 11

y = # of yogurt cups sold

3(y + 11) + 5y = $233

3y + 33 + 5y = 233

8y = 200

y = 200/8 = 26

c = y + 11 = 25 + 11 = 36