document.write( "Question 957677: At Fridays football game, the athletic boosters sold three times as many hot dogs as brownies. Altogether 500 were sold. How many of each item were sol? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #585308 by macston(5194)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! B=number of brownies; H=number of hot dogs=3B \n" ); document.write( "B+H=500 Substitute for H. \n" ); document.write( "B+3B=500 \n" ); document.write( "4B=500 Divide each side by 4. \n" ); document.write( "B=125 ANSWER 1: 125 brownies were sold. \n" ); document.write( "H=3B=3(125)=375 ANSWER 2: 375 hot dogs were sold.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |