document.write( "Question 189966: Kelly has a coffee shop. Tea is $1.05, Coffee is $1.35, and Hot Chocolate is $2.25. One day she sold 20 more cups of coffee than hot chocolate, 30 more cups of coffee than tea for a total of $202.50. How many cups of each drink did she sell? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #142540 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Kelly has a coffee shop. Tea is $1.05, Coffee is $1.35, and Hot Chocolate is $2.25.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One day she sold 20 more cups of coffee than hot chocolate, 30 more cups of coffee than tea for a total of $202.50. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How many cups of each drink did she sell? \n" ); document.write( "------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "Let # of hot chocolate be \"h\". \n" ); document.write( "Then # of coffee sold was \"h+20\" \n" ); document.write( "And # of tea sold was h+20-30 = \"h-10\" \n" ); document.write( "------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "Value Equation: \n" ); document.write( "2.25h + 1.35(h+20) + 1.05(h-10) = 202.50 \n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru by 100 to get: \n" ); document.write( "225h + 135h + 2700 + 105h - 1050 = 20250 \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "h = 40 (# of cups of hot chocolate sold) \n" ); document.write( "h+20 = 60 (# of cups of coffee sold) \n" ); document.write( "h-10 = 30 (# of cups of tea sold) \n" ); document.write( "====================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |