Question

The banquet offers beef and chicken meals. Chicken costs $5 and the beef costs $7. There will be 250 people at the banquet. If the total cost of food is $1500. How many chicken and beef meals were ordered?​

Answer 1

125 of each meal are ordered

Explanation:

You first multiply 7 x 125, which will get you 875

Next, you multiply 5 x 125 and get 625

Add that together and you get 1500