Question

At a football game, a vender sold a combined total of 181 sodas and hot dogs. The number of hot dogs sold was 51 less than the number of sodas sold. Find the

number of sodas sold and the number of hot dogs sold.

Answer 1

Answer: Number of hot dogs sold = 65

number of soda sold = 116.

Explanation:

Let the number of hot dogs sold be represented by x.

Since the number of hot dogs sold was 51 less than the number of sodas sold, then the number of soda sold will be: = x + 51

Since the addition of both hot dogs and soda equals 181, we can form this into an equation which will be:

= x + (x + 51) = 181

x + x + 51 = 181

2x + 51 = 181

2x = 181 - 51

2x = 130

x = 130/2

x = 65

Number of hot dogs sold = 65

Since number of soda sold equals:

= x + 51

= 65 + 51

= 116

Therefore, number of soda sold is 116.