Question

a vendor saw a combined total of 200 sodas and hot dogs the number of sodas sold was three times the number of hot dogs sold find the number of stockholders and the number of hot dogs

Answer 1

Step 1

Write a number of sodas sold and hot dogs sold.

let the number of hot dogs sold = x

let the number of sodas sold = 3x

Step 2

Write an equation for the total numbers of both sodas and hot dogs sold.

x + 3x = 200

4 x = 200

x = 200/4

x = 50

Therefore,

number pf sodas or stockholders = 3 x 50 = 150

number of hot dogs = x = 50