SOLUTION: At lunch, there was a choice of pizza or a hot dog. Three times as many students chose pizza as chose hot dogs. All together, 160 students got lunch. How many students got pizza

Question 1078070: At lunch, there was a choice of pizza or a hot dog. Three times as many students chose pizza as chose hot dogs. All together, 160 students got lunch. How many students got pizza and how many got a hot dog? Solve this problem in two ways: with the aid of a strip diagram and with algebraic equations. Explain both methods.

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Substituting,

Solve for H then solve for P.

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