SOLUTION: For a future teacher of America fundraiser, Denzel sold food as shown in the table below. He sold 11 more subs than pizzas and earned a total of $233. Write and solve a system of e

Question 950215: For a future teacher of America fundraiser, Denzel sold food as shown in the table below. He sold 11 more subs than pizzas and earned a total of $233. Write and solve a system of equations to represent this situation. Then describe what the solution means.
Item Selling Price
Pizza $5.00
Sub $3.00
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a future teacher of America fundraiser, Denzel sold food as shown in the table below. He sold 11 more subs than pizzas and earned a total of $233. Write and solve a system of equations to represent this situation. Then describe what the solution means.
Item Selling Price
Pizza $5.00
Sub $3.00
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Quantity Equation:: s = p + 11
Value Equation:: 3s+5p = 233
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Substitute for "s" and solve for "p"::
3(p+11) + 5p = 233
8p + 33 = 233
8p = 200
p = 25 (# of pizzas)
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s = p+11 = 36 (# of subs)
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cheers,
Stan H.
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