Question

Evan went to the grocery store and purchased cans of soup and frozen dinners. Each can of soup has 150 mg of sodium and each frozen dinner has 550 mg of sodium. Evan purchased a total of 16 cans of soup and frozen dinners which collectively contain 5200 mg of sodium. Determine the number of cans of soup purchased and the number of frozen dinners purchased.

Answer 1

5 frozen dinners

Explanation:

150x 16 = 2400 mg sodium in 16 cans of soup

Total - 2400 mg = 5200mg - 2400mg = 2800mg sodium in frozen dinners

2800mg / 550mg per dinner = 5.09 frozen dinners