Question

A local restaurant charges $12 for a ham dinner and $15 for a turkey dinner. If they earned $1,017 for the Thanksgiving dinner night and they sold 35 turkey dinners, how many ham dinners did they sell?

Answer 1

The restaurant sold 41 ham dinners.

Explanation:

Let's call the number of ham dinners sold as "x".

We know that the total revenue from ham dinners is $12 * x and the total revenue from turkey dinners is $15 * 35.

So, the total revenue from both dinners is $12 * x + $15 * 35 = $1017.

We can now set up an equation:

$12 * x + $15 * 35 = $1017

Expanding the equation:

$12x + $525 = $1017

Subtracting $525 from both sides:

$12x = $1017 - $525 = $492

Dividing both sides by 12:

x = $492 / $12 = 41

So, the restaurant sold 41 ham dinners.