Question

You are running a concession stand at a basketball game. You are selling hot dogs and sodas. Each hot dog costs $2.25 and each soda costs $1.50. At the end of the night you made a total of $225.75. You sold a total of 126 hot dogs and sodas combined. You must report the number of hot dogs sold and the number of sodas sold. What equations did you use to solve this? How many hot dogs were sold and how many sodas were sold?

Answer 1

49 hot dogs, 77 sodas

Explanation:

2.25h + 1.5s = 225.75

h + s = 126, so s = 126 - h. Substitute that into the first equation.

2.25h + 1.5(126 - h) = 225.75

Solve for h

2.25h + 189 - 1.5h = 225.75

0.75h = 36.75

h = 49 So they sold 49 hot dogs

h + s = 126, so 49 + s = 126, s = 77