Problema Solution
a group of 40 children attended a baseball game on a field trip each child recevied wither a hot dog or bag of popcorn hot dogs were 2.25 and popcorn was 1.75 if the total bill was 83.50 how many hot dogs and bags of popcorn were purchased
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Let
x = the number of hotdogs
y = the number of popcorn bags
x + y = 40
2.25x + 1.75y = 83.50
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x = 27 hotdogs
y = 13 bags of popcorn
There were 27 hotdogs and 13 bags of popcorn purchased.