Question

At a football game, a vender sold a combined total of 156 sodas and hot dogs. The number of sodas sold was 44 more than the number of hot dogs sold. Find the number of sodas sold and the number of hot dogs sold.

Number of sodas sold:
Number of hot dogs sold:
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Answer 1

number of sodas sold: 100

number of hot dogs sold: 56

Explanation:

let h be number of hot dogs sold and let s be the number of sodas sold

we know that s+h=156

we also know that s=h+44

so we can write the first equation in terms of h

(h+44)+h=156

then we solve it

2h=156-44

h=56

after we can solve for the number of sodas sold by adding 44

56+44=100

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