Question

Joey Chestnut won the hot dog eating contest. He ate 3 hot dogs for lunch, then ate 7 hotdogs per minute during the contest, ) If the contest lasted 10 minutes, how many total hotdogs did Joey eat that day? Write an equation and solve​

Answer 1

73 Hot dogs

Step-by-step explanation

Every minute he eats 7 hot dogs for 10 straight minutes. 7x10=70. He also ate 3 for lunch. 70+3=73 Total hot dogs.

y=7x+3

y=7(10)+3

y=73 Hot dogs

Answer 2

73

3 + 7x = Total hotdogs

Explanation:

x = minutes = 10

Plug 10 in equation

3 + 7(10)

73