document.write( "Question 1040893: Ben was in charge of ordering 32 pizzas for the office party. He ordered three types of pizza: Cheese, pepperoni and supreme. The cheese pizza cost $7 each, the pepperoni pizza cost $10 each, and the supreme pizza cost $13 each. He spent exactly twice as much on the pepperoni pizzas as he did on the cheese pizzas. If Ben spent a total of $314 on pizza, how many pizzas did he order? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #655820 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1. \n" ); document.write( "2. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "3. \n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Substituting from 3, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "4. \n" ); document.write( "From eq. 2, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "5. \n" ); document.write( "Multiply eq. 4 by 7 and eq. 5 by 4 and subtract them to eliminate C. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Then from 4, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "and from 3, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |