Question

A concession stand at a baseball game sells hot dogs and boxes of popcorn. Justin buys a total of 9 snacks. The number of popcorn boxes he buys is 3 less than twice as many hot dogs. Which system of equations models this situation if he bought x hot dogs and y boxes of popcorn (No spaces in your equations)?

Answer 1

Justin buys 4 hot dogs ad 5 pop corn boxes at the baseball game.

Equation

Equation is an expression which is used to show the relationship between two or more variables and numbers.

Let x represent the number of hot dogs and y represent the boxes of popcorn.

Justin buys a total of 9 snacks. Hence:

• x + y = 9   (1)

He buys popcorn 3 less than twice as many hot dogs. Hence:

• y = 2x - 3
• 2x - y = 3    (2)

Solving equations 1 and 2 simultaneously gives:

x = 4, y = 5

Justin buys 4 hot dogs ad 5 pop corn boxes at the baseball game.

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