Question

Lori is picking up lunch for herself and her coworkers. Some of her coworkers ordered the salad which costs $7.50, and some of her coworkers ordered the soup which costs $6.25. When Lori gets to the restaurant, she had lost the paper where she had written down who ordered which. She recalls that twice as many people ordered the salad than the soup, and she has a total of $63.75 to pay for the orders. How many people must have ordered the soup?

Answer 1

Answer: 3 people ordered soup.

Explanation:

Let x be the number of people ordered salad and y be the number of people ordered soup.

As per given,

x=2y (i)

7.50x+6.25y= 63.75 (ii)

Substitute value of c =2y in (ii) , we get

7.50(2y)+6.25y= 63.75

⇒ 15y+6.25y = 63.75

⇒21.25y = 63.75

⇒ y= 3 [divide both sides by 21.25]

Then, x= 2(3) =6

So 6 people ordered salad and 3 people ordered soup.