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Mrs. Garcia’s class sold burgers for $1.36 each and Mr. Runner’s class sold salads for $1.65 each. Together, the classes sold 79 items and earned $118.17 for their school.
(a) Write a system of equations that model the problem.
x + s = 79 1.36(x) + 1.65(s) = 118.17
(b) Solve the systems of equations from part a.
(c) Whose class sold more items?
(d) Which class earned more money?

Answer 1

The 42 burgers are sold by Mrs. Garcia's class at $57.12 and 37 salad is sold by Mr. Runner’s class at $61.05.

What is a system of equation?

A system of equation is the set of equation in which the finite set of equation is present for which the common solution is sought.

Mrs. Garcia’s class sold burgers for $1.36 each and Mr. Runner’s class sold salads for $1.65 each. Together, the classes sold 79 items and earned $118.17 for their school.

• (a) Write a system of equations that model the problem.

Let x burgers are sold by Mrs. Garcia's class and s salad is sold by Mr. Runner’s class. Together, the classes sold 79 items for their school. Thus,

$x + s = 79$            .....1

Mrs. Garcia’s class sold burgers for $1.36 each and Mr. Runner’s class sold salads for $1.65 each. Together, the classes earned $118.17 for their school. Thus,

$1.36(x) + 1.65(s) = 118.17\\1.36x + 1.65s = 118.17$             ....2

• (b) Solve the systems of equations from part a.

Rewrite the first equation,

$x + s = 79 \\ x = 79-s$             .....3

Put this value of x in equation 2,

$1.36(79-s) + 1.65s = 118.17\\107.44-1.36s + 1.65s = 118.17\\0.29s=118.17-107.44\\s=\dfrac{10.73}{0.29}\\s=37$

Put this value in equation 3,

$x=79-37\\x=42$

• (c) Whose class sold more items?

42 burgers are sold by Mrs. Garcia's class and 37 salad is sold by Mr. Runner’s class. Thus, Mrs. Garcia's class sold more items.

• (d) Which class earned more money?

Money earned by Mrs. Garcia's class by selling 42 burger at $1.36 each is,

$M_x=1.36\times42\\M_x=57.12$

Money earned by Mr. Runner’s class by selling 37 salad at $1.65 each is,

$M_s=1.65\times37\\M_s=61.05$

Thus, Mr. Runner’s class earned more money.

Hence, the 42 burgers are sold by Mrs. Garcia's class at $57.12 and 37 salad is sold by Mr. Runner’s class at $61.05.

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