Question

Ten members of the academic team went to a local restaurant after their contest. Each meal combo that came with soda cost $6.75, and each meal combo that came with water cost $5.00. The total bill for the meal combos before tax was $62.25. This indicates that Choose... members ordered water with their m

Answer 1

Answer:

7 ordered with Soda;

3 ordered with water

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$m \to$ With water

$n \to$ With Soda

So:

$m + n =10$ --- total

$5m + 6.75n = 62.25$ -- cost

Required

Find m and n

$m + n =10$

Make m the subject

$m = 10 - n$

Substitute $m = 10 - n$ in $5m + 6.75n = 62.25$

$5(10-n) +6.75n = 62.25$

$50-5n +6.75n = 62.25$

Collect like terms

$-5n +6.75n = 62.25 - 50$

$-5n +6.75n = 12.25$

$1.75n = 12.25$

Solve for n

$n = 12.25/1.75$

$n = 7$

$m = 10 - n$

$m = 10 - 7$

$m =3$