SOLUTION: jim buys chips and pretzels with a total of 23 bags and the chips cost .25 and the pretzels cost .50 with a totle of $7.75 how many pretzils and chips did he get

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Question 406906: jim buys chips and pretzels with a total of 23 bags and the chips cost .25 and the pretzels cost .50 with a totle of $7.75 how many pretzils and chips did he get
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Hi

total of 23 bags

Let x and (23-x)represent the number of bags  pretzels & chips respectively

Question states***CENTS makes sense

 50x + 25(23-x) = 775 CENTS

Solving for x

      25x = 200

        x = 8, bags of pretzels.  15 bags of chips.  (23-8)



CHECKING our Answer***

  50*8 + 25 * 15 = 400 + 375 = 775  or $7.75