Question

at a baseball game, a vender sold a combined total of 221 sodas and hot dogs. the number of hot dogs sold was 59 less than the number of sodas sold. find the number of sodas sold and the number of hot dogs sold.

Answer 1

Let h be hot dogs and s be sodas

h+s=221
h=s-59
s=s

s+s-59=221
2s-59=-221
2s=280
s=140
h=140-59=81
140+81=221

Answer: there were 81 hotdogs and 140 sodas sold