Question

You are running a concession stand at a basketball game. You are selling hot dogs and sodas. Each hot dog costs $3.25 and each soda costs $1.75. At the end of the night, you made a total of $516.50. You sold a total of 224 hot dogs and sodas combined. You must report the number of hot dogs sold and the number of sodas sold. What equations did you use to solve this?

A:H + S = 516.50 and H + S = 224
B:3.25+ 1.75= 516.50 and H + S = 224
C3.25H + 1.75S = 516.50 and H + S = 224
D3.25S + 1.75H = 224 and H + S = 224

Answer 1

C

3.25H + 1.75S = 516.50 and H + S = 224

Explanation:

$3.25 per hot dog for H hot dogs & $1.75 per soda for S sodas for a total of $516.50

3.25H + 1.75S = 516.5;

Numbers of hot dogs and sodas add to 224.

H + S = 224