Question

Fundraising. The Buck Creek Fire Department served 250 dinners. A child’s plate cost $5.50 and an adult’s plate cost $9.00. A total of $1935 was collected. How many of each type of plate was served?

Answer 1

set up an equation using (number of adult meals)*(adult meal price) + (number of children's meals)*(children's meal price) = total collected

Answer 2

that gives you one equation with two unknowns ... any idea what your second equation is going to be?

Answer 3

Thank you!

Answer 4

Sure!

Answer 5

How do you find the number of plates?

Answer 6

I gave you one equation. You have two unknowns, so you'll need a second equation. Is there any info. you can see in the problem statement that will allow you to write a second equation for (number of adult meals) and (number of children's meals)

{hint: they tell you something about the total number of meals}