SOLUTION: the spanish club purchased 34 tacos for $40 to sell for a fundraiser . they purchased chicken tacos for a $1 each and beef tacos for $1.50 each. how many kind of taco did the spa

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Question 118948: the spanish club purchased 34 tacos for $40 to sell for a fundraiser . they purchased chicken tacos for a $1 each and beef tacos for $1.50 each. how many kind of taco did the spanish club purchase?
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.5X+1(34-X)=40
1.5X+34-X=40
.5X=40-34
.5X=6
X=6/.5
X=12 CHICKEN TACOS BOUGHT.
34-12=22 BEEF TACOS BOUGHT.
PROOF
1.5*12+1*22=40
18+22=40
40=40