SOLUTION: At a basketball game, a vender sold a combined total of 180 sodas and hot dogs. The number of sodas sold was three times the number of hot dogs sold. Find the number of sodas and t

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Question 947939: At a basketball game, a vender sold a combined total of 180 sodas and hot dogs. The number of sodas sold was three times the number of hot dogs sold. Find the number of sodas and the number of hot dogs sold.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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S%2BH=180
S=3H
Substituting,
3H%2BH=180
4H=180
H=45
So,
S=3%2845%29
S=135