A man sells items. A customer buys 2 dogs, 5 chips, and 2 drinks for 10.50. The price of one dog is .50 more than a drink. 1 drink is 1.75 less than 2 dogs.

Question

What is the price?

Answer 1

A man sells items. At prices. And you are looking - I THINK - for the price of a hot dog. Anyway, I let

 

H = price of hot dog

D = price of drink

C = price of chips

 

with prices in dollars. And here's what I know:

 

H = D + 0.5

2H = D + 1.75

 

With these two equations I will find out that H = 1.25.

Then, I can use either one of them to find that D = 0.75.

 

Now, for the other equation.

2H + 5C + 2D = 10.5

2.5 + 5C + 1.5 = 10.5

5C = 6.5

C = 1.5

 

So there we have it. The dogs are $1.25, the chips are $1.50 and the drinks are 75 cents. Cheers!