Question

Ike's igloo sold 501 ice cream cones today.They sold half as many chocolate ice cream cone as vanilla ones. How many of each were sold?

Answer 1

Chocolate cones = x = 167 cones

Vanilla cones = y = 334 cones

Explanation:

Let

The number of Chocolate cones = x

Vanilla cones = y

Ike's igloo sold 501 ice cream cones today.

x + y = 501.... Equation 1

They sold half as many chocolate ice cream cone as vanilla ones.

x = 1/2y

x = y/2

Cross multiply

y = 2x

We substitute 2x for y in Equation 1

x + 2x = 501

3x = 501

x = 501/3

x = 167

Solving for y

y = 2x

y = 2 × 167

y = 334

Therefore,

The number of

Chocolate cones = x = 167 cones

Vanilla cones = y = 334 cones