Question

The cafeteria sold 6 fewer bowls of chicken soup than bowls of tomato soup. They sold 14 bowls of soup in all. How many bowls of chicken soup did the cafeteria sell?

Answer 1

The cafeteria sold 4 bowls of chicken soup.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

6 fewer bowls of chicken soup were sold in a cafeteria than bowls of tomato soup.

Let x be the number of tomato soup bowls.

Thus, the number of chicken soup =

`x - 6`

Total number of bowls of soup = 14

Thus,we can write the equation:

`x + (x-6) \\=14\\2x - 6 =14\\2x = 14+6=20\\x = 10\\x-6 = 4`

Thus, the cafeteria sold 4 bowls of chicken soup.