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An ice cream shop sold a combined total of 367 ice cream cones in the flavors of chocolate or vanilla. They sold 95 more vanilla cones than chocolate. How many chocolate ice cream cones did they sell?

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X=Vanilla
Y=Chocolate

X+Y=367
95+Y=X
(95+Y)+Y=367
2Y+95=367
-95. -95
2Y=272

Y=136
Chocolate=136
Vanilla=231
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Solving the Question

Let's first assign variables to the numbers given.

  • Let the number of vanilla cones be x and the number of chocolate cones be y.

We're given:


  • x+y=367

  • x=y+95

Plug the second equation into the first one and solve for y:


x+y=367\\(y+95)+y=367\\2y+95=367\\2y=272\\y=136

Therefore, they sold 136 chocolate cones.

Answer

They sold 136 chocolate ice cream cones.

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