Question

Mandy is selling pancakes and waffles at her diner. On Monday she sold a total of 300 pancakes and waffles. If she charges $3 per pancake, $1 per waffle, and made a total of $800, how many pancakes did she sell? Waffles?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mandy sold 250 pancakes and 50 waffles.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the information given, you can say that the sum of pancakes and waffles is equal to 300:

x+y=300

Also, the statement indicates that she charges $3 per pancake, $1 per waffle, and made a total of $800 and you can express this as:

3x+y=800

You have the following equations:

x+y=300 (1)

3x+y=800 (2), where:

x is the number of pancakes she sold

y is the number of waffles she sold

Now, you can solve for x in (1):

x=300-y (3)

Then, you can replace (3) in (2):

3(300-y)+y=800

900-3y+y=800

900-800=2y

100=2y

y=100/2

y=50

Finally, you can replace the value of y in (3) to find x:

x=300-50

x=250

According to this, the answer is that Mandy sold 250 pancakes and 50 waffles.