Problema Solution

3. Stella’s Sea Food Shop only sells sardines ($8 per serving) and salmon snacks ($12 per serving). In June, Stella’s sold 900 servings altogether, and their total sales were $9,600. How many servings of each did Stella’s sell?

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let


x = the number of sardine servings


y = the number of salmon snack servings


Stella’s sold 900 servings altogether:


x + y = 900


and their total sales were $9,600:


8x + 12y = 9600


by solving the system of equations:


x + y = 900


8x + 12y = 9600


we find:


x = 300 sardine servings


y = 600 salmon snacks servings


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Stella sold 300 sardine servings and 600 salmon snacks servings.