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.