document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1137031>Question 1137031</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> at a birthday party for 20 people each person could order a hot dog or a bucket of chips. if there were four times as many hot dogs as buckets of chips calculate how many hot dogs and how many buckets of chips were bought\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "need to write this and solve via simultaneous equations<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #754863 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=754863\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it sounds like each person could order either a hot dog or a bucket of chips but not both.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore the total of hot dogs plus chips must equal to 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let h = the number of hot dogs and b = the number of buckets of chips, and you get h + b = 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since the number of hotdogs ordered was 4 times the number buckets of chips orders, you get h = 4b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "those are your two equations that need to be solved simultaneously.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h + b = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 4b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the first equation, replace h with 4b and you get 4b + b = 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms to get 5b = 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for b to get b = 20/5 = 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the number of buckets of chips ordered was 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since h = 4b, then the number of hot dobs ordered was 16.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h + b = 16 + 4 = 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = 4b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the solution is cofirmed to be good based on the problem statements.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the solution is that 16 hot dogs and 4 buckets of chips were ordered.\r<BR>\n" );
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