SOLUTION: At a football game, a vender sold a combined total of 236 sodas and hot dogs. The number of hot dogs sold was 34 less than the number of sodas sold. Find the number of sodas so

Question 1121225: At a football game, a vender sold a combined total of
236 sodas and hot dogs. The number of hot dogs sold was
34 less than the number of sodas sold. Find the number of sodas sold and the number of hot dogs sold.

Answer by ikleyn(52805) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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x + y = 236    (where x = # of sodas;  y = # of hot dogs)
x - y =  34.
------------------------------Add the two equations and look what will happen.

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