PLEASE HELP-- EXTRA CREDIT!
Owen made 100 sandwiches which
she sold for exactly $100. She sold
caviar sandwiches for $5.00 each, the
bologna sandwiches for $2.00, and
the liverwurst sandwiches for 10 cents.
How many of each type of sandwich
did she make?

Question

PLEASE HELP-- EXTRA CREDIT!
Owen made 100 sandwiches which
she sold for exactly $100. She sold
caviar sandwiches for $5.00 each, the
bologna sandwiches for $2.00, and
the liverwurst sandwiches for 10 cents.
How many of each type of sandwich
did she make?

anonymous · Answer

Lets start with forming an overall equation

100=5x+2y+.1z

x is caviar
y is bologna
z is liverwurst

anonymous · Answer

Also you know that x+y+z=100

anonymous · Answer

If you play around with the numbers I got 11 Caviar, 19 Bologna, and 70 Liverwurst

anonymous · Answer

Thank you, I got the same. ♥