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

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

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Question 1093002: A sorority set up a charity dinner to help raise money for a local children's support group. They sell 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 richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c+s=142
8c+10s=1326
8c+8s=8*142=1136
2s=190
s=95 steak orders
142-95=47
c=47 chicken orders
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