Question

A book club sold candles as a fundraiser. The candles were sold in small jars and large jars.

* The club earned $2.00 for every small jar sold. The club earned $3.50 for every large jar sold.

* The club sold 8 more large jars than it did small jars.

* The club collected $140.50 more from sales of the large jars than from the small jars.

The equation 2s + 140.50 = 3.5(s +8) can be used to represent this situation, where s represents the number of small jars the club sold.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

You have a number of statements above, but there is no question.
If this entire problem is a true/false question, then it is true. The equation does represent this situation correctly and can be used to find the number of small jars.

We can solve the equation.

2s + 140.50 = 3.5(s + 8)

2s + 140.50 = 3.5s + 28

-1.5s = -112.5

s = 75

The number of small jars was 75.
The number of large jars was 75 + 8 = 83.

The total money earned was
75 * $2 + 83 * $3.5 = $440.50