document.write( "Question 190634: 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? \n" ); document.write( "

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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?
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\n" ); document.write( "Quantity Equation: d + s = 985
\n" ); document.write( "Value Equation::295d + 995s = 734375 cents
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru the 1st equation by 295 to set up the system for elimination:
\n" ); document.write( "295d + 295s = 295*985
\n" ); document.write( "295d + 995s = 734375 cents
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\n" ); document.write( "Subtract the 1st from the 2nd so you can solve for \"s\":
\n" ); document.write( "700s = 443800
\n" ); document.write( "s = 634 (# of steack sandwiches sold)
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute into d+s = 985 to solve for \"d\":
\n" ); document.write( "d + 634 = 985
\n" ); document.write( "d = 351 (# of hot dogs sold)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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