Linear Equation in One Variable

On a certain day a snack bar sold 120 ham & chicken sandwiches for 740$.
of each chicken sandwich was sold at 5$ and each ham sandwiches at 7$.
how many of each did they sell?

Mina is 2/3 as old as fe, in 20 yrs
Mina will be 7/8 as old as fe

how old to each?

Question

Linear Equation in One Variable

On a certain day a snack bar sold 120 ham & chicken sandwiches for 740$. 
of each chicken sandwich was sold at 5$ and each ham sandwiches at 7$. 
how many of each did they sell?



Mina is 2/3 as old as fe, in 20 yrs
Mina will be 7/8 as old as fe

how old to each?

espex · Answer

What does your attempt to solve this look like?

anonymous · Answer

how can i translate this into a number solution

espex · Answer

Start by reading through the question and translate each keyword into a mathematical symbol. For example, in the first sentence you have "snack bar sold 120 ham & chicken sandwiches for 740$" so you know that 120=ham + chick, and you know that 120(ham + chick) = 740.
Now you try.