Problema Solution
A basketball concession stand sells sodas for $ 1.40 each and bags of popcorn for $ 0.85 each. One night, 40 more sodas were sold than bags of popcorn. If the concession stand made $ 164 that night, how many sodas and how many bags of popcorn were sold?
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Let
x = the number of bags of popcorn sold
x + 40 = the number of sodas sold
1.40(x + 40) + 0.85x = 164
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x = 48 bags of popcorn
48 + 40 = 88 sodas
There were 48 bags of popcorn and 88 sodas sold.