SOLUTION: Vong grilled 21 burgers at a block party. He grilled the same number of pounds of turkey burgers as hamburgers. Each turkey burger weighed 1/4 pound and each hamburger weighed 1/3
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Question 276427: Vong grilled 21 burgers at a block party. He grilled the same number of pounds of turkey burgers as hamburgers. Each turkey burger weighed 1/4 pound and each hamburger weighed 1/3 pound. How many of each did Vong grill? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Vong grilled 21 burgers at a block party. He grilled the same number of pounds of turkey burgers as hamburgers. Each turkey burger weighed 1/4 pound and each hamburger weighed 1/3 pound. How many of each did Vong grill?
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Quantity Eq: t + h = 21
Weight Eq::: (1/4)t - (1/3)h = 0
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Modify the equations:
3t - 4h = 0
3t + 3h = 3*21
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Subtract 1st from the 2nd:
7h = 3*21
h = 9 (# of turkey burgers grilled)
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Since t + h = 21, h = 12 (# of hamburgers grilled)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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