Question

Each of 36 students at a school play bought either a cup of orange juice or a sandwich. A cup of orange juice costs $1 and a sandwich costs $3. The total amount collected was $76. How many students bought orange juice, and how many bought a sandwich?

Let represent the number of students who bought a cup of orange juice and represent the number of students who bought a sandwich. Then the problem can be represented by this system of equations:

+ 3 = 76
+ = 36

Answer the questions to solve the problem.

1. Explain what you should do with the two equations to eliminate one of the variables.

Answer 1

In order to eliminate one of the variables, subtract one of the equation from the other equation.

How to eliminate one of the variables?

Given these equations:

o + 3s = 76 equation 1

o + s = 36 equation 2

Where:

o = number of orange juice bought

s = number of sandwiches bought

In order to eliminate one of the variables, subtract equation 2 from equation 1. The result is :

2s = 40

s = 20

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