SOLUTION: A sorority set up a charity to help raise money for a local children's support group. They sold chicken dinners for $8 and steak dinners for $10. if 142 people ate dinner at the fu

SOLUTION: A sorority set up a charity to help raise money for a local children's support group. They sold chicken dinners for $8 and steak dinners for $10. if 142 people ate dinner at the fu

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Question 1020562: A sorority set up a charity to help raise money for a local children's support group. They sold chicken dinners for $8 and steak dinners for $10. if 142 people ate dinner at the fundraiser and the sorority raised $1326, how many people ordered chicken and how many people ordered steak?

Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8C+10S=1326
C+S=142
10C+10S=1420
8C+10S=1326
2C=94
C=47
S=95
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