Question

At a basketball game, a vender sold a combined total of 106 sodas and hot dogs. The number of hot dogs sold was 42 less than the number of sodas sold. Find

the number of sodas sold and the number of hot dogs sold.
Number of sodas sold:
0
Number of hot dogs sold:
0
Х
?

Answer 1

74: sodas, 32: hot dogs

Explanation:

106=(x-42)+x

106-x= x-42

-2x =-148

x=74 sodas

106-74= 32 hotdogs