Question

Mr. Sanchez’s class sold fruit pies for $1.73 each and Mr. Kelly’s class sold bottles of fruit juice for $1.44 each. Together, the classes sold 83 items and earned $130.83 for their school. Write and solve a system of equations that models this problem. Show all your work.

Answer 1

p = 39 f = 44

Explanation:

p = $ 1.73

f = $ 1.44

equation

p + f = 83

1.73 p + 1.44 (83 - p) = $ 130.83

p = 39 (amount of times fruit pies were sold).

Therefore,

p = 39

f = 44