At the school carnival, Carmen sold 3 times as many hot dogs as Shawn. The two of them sold 152 hot dogs altogether. How many hot dogs did Carmen sell?

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anonymous · Answer

You can use equation to solve this question.

anonymous · Answer

So suppose there Shawn sold x hotdogs. Then
3x+x=152
4x=152
x=152/4
x=38

3*38=114, so Carmen sold 114 hotdogs.

texaschic101 · Answer

C + S = 152
C = 3S
now sub 3S in for C in the first equation and solve for S (Shawns hotdogs)
Once you find S, sub that back into either of the equations to find C (Carmen's hotdogs)