Question

An ice cream store sells ice cream in a cup or in a cone. For every 7 cones that are sold, 3 cups of ice cream are sold.

If 220 people went to the ice cream store today, how may cones were sold?

Answer 1

There should be two equations here that will help you solve this problem. Treat the first sentence like an If- Then statement.

If 7 cones are sold, then 3 cups are sold.

The next one should be an easy set up as well.
If 220 people bought icecream, then 'x' number of people purchased a cone and 'y' number of people purchased a cup.

Once you have these equations, solving shouldn't be that hard.

Answer 2

how would i set it up

Answer 3

When deciphering this word problem, replace 'x' for cones and 'y' for cups. Taking the first statement:

If 7 cones are sold, then 3 cups are sold.

Then replace:

If 7x, then 3y.