Question

At football games, Stagg Boosters charges $2 for hot chocolate and $3 for Gatorade. The boosters sold

126 drinks totaling $306. How many hot chocolates did they sell?

Pleas help!

Answer 1

72 hot chocolates

Explanation:

2h + 3g=306 equation 1 h=hot chocolate g=Gatorade

h + g =126. equation 2

h=126-g isolate h in equation 2

2(126-g) + 3g =306 substitute h value of equation 2 (126-6) into h value eq 1

252-2g+3g=306

g=54

solve for h:

h + g = 126

h+54=126

h=72

check answer:

2h + 3g=306

2(72) +3(54)=306

144+162=306

306=306