Problema Solution

if a bus stopped for ice cream and ordered 78 cones, soft-serve was 2.00 and hard-pack was .75 if total bill was 99.75 how many of each was served

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Let

x = the number of soft-serves

y = the number of hard-packs

x + y = 78

2x + 0.75y = 99.75

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x = 33 soft-serves

y = 45 hard-packs