You are running a concession stand at a baseball game.
You are selling pizza slices and sodas.
Each pizza slice sells for $3.50 and each soda sells for $1.50.
At the end of the night, you made a total of $800.
You sold a total of 344 pizza slices and sodas combined.
You must report the number of pizza slices sold and the number of sodas sold.
What equations did you use to solve this, where P = the number of pizza slices sold and S = the number of sodas sold?
(1 point)
Responses
3.50P + 1.50S = 800 and P + S = 344
3.50P + 1.50S = 800 and P + S = 344
3.50S + 1.50P = 344 and P + S = 800
3.50S + 1.50P = 344 and P + S = 800
3.50P + S = 800 and P + 1.50S = 344
3.50P + S = 800 and P + 1.50S = 344
3.50S + 1.50P = 800 and P + S = 344
3.50S + 1.50P = 800 and P + S = 344
The correct equations to solve this problem are:
3.50P + 1.50S = 800
P + S = 344
The correct equations to solve this problem are:
3.50P + 1.50S = 800 (equation to represent the total sales amount)
P + S = 344 (equation to represent the total number of pizza slices and sodas sold)
To solve this problem, you can set up two equations based on the given information.
Let P represent the number of pizza slices sold and S represent the number of sodas sold.
Equation 1: The total amount made from selling pizza slices and sodas is $800.
Therefore, the equation is 3.50P + 1.50S = 800. (Each pizza slice sells for $3.50, and each soda sells for $1.50).
Equation 2: The total number of pizza slices and sodas sold is 344.
Therefore, the equation is P + S = 344.
By using these two equations, you can solve for the variables P (number of pizza slices sold) and S (number of sodas sold).