Question

The football club sold bags of candy and cookies to raise money for the spring show. Bags of candy cost $6.00

, and bags of cookies cost $4
, and sales equaled $40
in total. There were 3 more bags of cookies than candy sold.
Find the number of bags of candy and cookies sold by the football club.

Answer 1

Candy=x=2.8 bags

Cookies=3+2.8=5.8 bags

Explanation:

Price

Bag of candy=$6.00

Bag of cookies=$4

Total sales=$40

Quantity

Let cookies=y=3+x

Let candy=x

There are 3 more bag of cookies than candy sold

Total sales=price*quantity of x + price*quantity of y

40=$4*(3+x) + 6*x

40=12+4x+6x

40=12+10x

40-12=10x

28=10x

X=28/10

x=2.8 bags