Question

Pizza Orders Pizza Corner sells medium andlarge specialty pizzas. A medium Meat Lovers pizza costs$10.95, and a large Meat Lovers pizza costs $14.95. OneSaturday a total of 50 Meat Lovers pizzas were sold, andthe receipts from the Meat Lovers pizzas were $663.50.How many medium and how many large Meat Loverspizzas were sold?

Answer 1

Let x = number of medium Meat Lovers pizza sold

Let y = number of large Meat Lovers pizza sold

The cost of a medium Meat Lovers pizza is $10.95

Hence, the cost of x medium Meat Lovers pizza is $10.95x

The cost of a large Meat Lovers pizza is $14.95

Hence, the cost of y large Meat Lovers pizza is $14.95y

Since the total cost of Meat Lovers pizza sold is $663.50

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