document.write( "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. \r
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document.write( "Item Selling Price
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document.write( "Pizza $5.00
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document.write( "Sub $3.00 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #580158 by stanbon(75887) ![]() 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. \n" ); document.write( " Item Selling Price \n" ); document.write( " Pizza $5.00 \n" ); document.write( " Sub $3.00 \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "Quantity Equation:: s = p + 11 \n" ); document.write( "Value Equation:: 3s+5p = 233 \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Substitute for \"s\" and solve for \"p\":: \n" ); document.write( "3(p+11) + 5p = 233 \n" ); document.write( "8p + 33 = 233 \n" ); document.write( "8p = 200 \n" ); document.write( "p = 25 (# of pizzas) \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "s = p+11 = 36 (# of subs) \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( " |