document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=190635>Question 190635</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i need help solving this problem.... please and thank you... jim runs a food cart and during a busy out door festival he sold $7343.75 worth of food. he sells hot dogs for $2.95 and steak sandwiches for $9.95. if he sold a total of 985 items that day,how many of each item did he sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <i><b>x</b></i> be the number of hot dogs.  Then 985 - <i><b>x</b></i> must be the number of steak sandwiches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The amount of money made from the hot dogs must be 2.95<i><b>x</b></i> and the amount of money made from the steak sandwiches is 9.95(985 - <i><b>x</b></i>) and these two amounts must sum to 7434.75, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.95x + 9.95(985-x)=7343.75\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <i><b>x</b></i> to get the number of hot dogs.  Subtract that from 985 to get the number of steak sandwiches.\r<BR>\n" );
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