SOLUTION: The Girls Soccer team held a fundraising car wash. They charged 5$ for each car and 8$ for each van. They washed 44 cars and vans and collected 262$. How many of each type of vehic

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Question 1094621: The Girls Soccer team held a fundraising car wash. They charged 5$ for each car and 8$ for each van. They washed 44 cars and vans and collected 262$. How many of each type of vehicle did they wash?
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Let
C=# of cars
V=# of vans
System of Equations
C%2BV=44
5C%2B8V=262
Elimination
manipulate 1st equation
5%2A%28C%2BV%29=5%2A%2844%29
5C%2B5V=220
then
5C%2B8V=262 - 5C%2B5V=220
3V=42
V=14
input V into original equation
C%2B14=44
C=30
30 cars washed
14 vans washed