SOLUTION: At a football game, a vender sold a combined total 210 of sodas and hot dogs. The number of sodas sold was 44 more than the number of hot dogs sold. Find the number of sodas sold

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Question 723776: At a football game, a vender sold a combined total 210 of sodas and hot dogs. The number of sodas sold was 44 more than the number of hot dogs sold. Find the number of sodas sold and the number of hot dogs sold.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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h for hotdogs, d for drinks (in this case, "soda").

h%2Bd=210 and d=44%2Bh. This as a system does not use any inequality. "44 more than" means, +44.

h%2B%2844%2Bh%29=210
h%2B44%2Bh=210
2h%2B44=210
h%2B22=105
h=105-22
highlight%28h=83%29, meaning highlight%28d=127%29.