Question

Jim buys some tacos and burritos which cost him $15.75. John buys some tacos and burritos which cost him $8.25. Tacos cost $1.50 each and burritos cost $2.25 each, how many of each did Joe and John buy?

Let t = the number of tacos and b= the number of burritos.

1. Which equation represents Joe?

2. Which equation represents John?

3. John bought:

tacos

burritos

4. Joe bought:

tacos

burritos

Answer 1

For John, the equation would be 1.5t + 2.25b = 8.25. For Jim, the equation would be 1.5t + 2.25b = 15.75. John bought one Burrito and 4 tacos. Jim bought 3 burritos and 6 tacos