Question 1094622

The Girls Soccer team held a fundraising car wash. They charged 5$ of each car and 8$ for each van. They washed 44 cars and vans and collected 262$. How many of each vehicle did they wash.
<pre>Let the number of cars washed be C
Then number of vans washed = 44 - C
We then get: 5C + 8(44 - C) = 262
5C + 352 - 8C = 262
5C - 8C = 262 - 352
- 3C = - 90
C, or number of cars washed = {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,3, (- 90)/(- 3), "=", 30))}}}
Number of vans washed: {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,3, 44 - 30, "=", 14))}}}