Question

Urgent! At a baseball game, a vender sold a combined total of 241 sodas and hot dogs. The number of sodas sold was 55 more than the number of hot dogs sold. Find the number of sodas sold and the number of hot dogs sold.

Answer 1

Sodas = 148

Hot dogs = 93

Explanation:

Let S and H stand for the number of Sodas and Hot dogs, respectively.

We are told that:

H + S = 241

We are also told that:

S = H + 55

Use the second expression for S (H+55) in the first equation:

H + S = 241

H + (H+55) = 241

2H + 55 = 241

2H = 186

H = 93

Since H = 93,

S = 93+55, or 148

148 + 93 = 241 [Checks]

Sodas = 148

Hot dogs = 93