A local gift shop sold bags of candy and cookies for Halloween. Bags of candy cost $8.50, and bags of cookies cost $3.00, and sales equaled $61.00 in total. There were 5 more bags of cookies than candy sold.

Find the number of bags of candy and cookies sold by the gift shop.

Question

A local gift shop sold bags of candy and cookies for Halloween. Bags of candy cost $8.50, and bags of cookies cost $3.00, and sales equaled $61.00 in total. There were 5 more bags of cookies than candy sold.

Find the number of bags of candy and cookies sold by the gift shop.

coconutjj · Answer

You should setup a system of equations

anonymous · Answer

If you are still stuck, find the three things important in this problem, Candy, Cookies and Sales. Let each variable represent one, so candy = x cookies =y sales =z, and then set up an equation, remember to use all the info the give you and then solve for x or y, and go back to find the other variable