A school is looking to cater an event by having a food truck. Food truck A will charge $1.50 for each item sold and a fee of $50

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A school is looking to cater an event by having a food truck. Food truck A will charge $1.50 for each item sold and a fee of $50

to come to the school. Truck B will charge $2.75 per item but will not charge a fee to come to the school. How many items must the school purchase to have the cost of these two trucks be the same? Enter in your numerical answer.

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Ganezh [65] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-25T07:12:39+03:00

Ganezh [65]3 years ago

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Answer:

40 items

Step-by-step explanation:

I used the equation 1.5x+50=2.75x to find the answer. If the school were to buy 40 items from either truck, they would both amount to 110.