Answer:
f = -5, s = -6
Step-by-step explanation:
F= first number
S= second number
4f - s = -14
f + 3s = -23
3(4f - s = -14)
12f - 3s = -42
+ f + 3s = -23
13f = -65
————
13
f = -5
4f - s = -14
4(-5) - s = -14
-20 - s = -14
+20 +20
-s = 6
———
-1
s = -6
Uhm, did you, maybe, type in the problem wrong? The answer to this equation is: 18/5 or 3.6, lol, no worries, though!
Answers: (y = 2) and (x = 1)
Steps:
Answer:
134 children and 120 adult plates were served
Step-by-step explanation:
let the children mean be x
Let the adult meal be y
If fourteen less children’s meals were served than adult meals at a barbecue, then;
y = x - 14 .... 1
IF Children plate were 1.50 each and adult plates were 2.00 each with a total of 441 in amount then;
1.5x + 2y = 441 .... 2
Substitute 1 into 2;
1.5x + 2(x-14) = 441
1.5x+2x-28 = 441
3.5x = 441+28
3.5x = 469
x = 469/3.5
x = 134
Recall that y = x - 14
y = 134-14
y = 120
Hence 134 children and 120 adult plates were served
