Question

The drama club sold bags of candy and cookies to raise money for the spring show. Bags of candy cost $8.00, and bags of cookies cost $3.50, and sales equaled $45.00 in total. There were 33 more bags of cookies than candy sold.

Find the number of bags of candy and cookies sold by the drama club.

Answer 1

is this problem written correctly?

Answer 2

no its 3 bags more

Answer 3

lol ok makes sense now

Answer 4

yah

Answer 5

So to do this problem just set up i simple algebraic equation

Answer 6

\[8x+3.5(x+3)=45\]

Answer 7

Where x is the number of bags bought

Answer 8

so 8x+3.5x+10.5=45

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

now can you solve for x?

Answer 11

x=3

Answer 12

but there are 2 answews @TheDream

Answer 13

Look at the equation and think about the problem. You see that x is the number of candy bags. And you know the number of cookies bought is x+3 so the second answer is?

Answer 14

can you help me with another question

Answer 15

@TheDream

Answer 16

Sure what is it

Answer 17

A group of adults and kids went to see a movie. Tickets cost $6.50 each for adults and $2.00 each for kids, and the group paid $27.00 in total. There were 5 fewer adults than kids in the group.

Find the number of adults and kids in the group.

Answer 18

@TheDream

Answer 19

Same concept as before

Answer 20

number of adults = x, number of kids = x+5

Answer 21

\[6.5x+2(x+5)=27\]