Question

A large smoothie sells for $3.75 and a small smoothie is $2.75. 216 smoothies were sold for $688 in total. how many large smoothies were sold?

Answer 1

x+y=216, 3.75x+2.75y=688
with x being lg and y small

Answer 2

k thanks.

Answer 3

wait. so here am I supposed to get x by itself by subtracting 2.75y on both sides and then dividing everything by 3.75?

Answer 4

its a system of equations
you can solve for y=-x+216 then plug that into the other equation for y

Answer 5

idk what that means