please help me find the equation to solve this

Question

At a particular restaurant, each onion ring has 65 calories and each slider has 250 calories. A combination meal with onion rings and sliders has a total of 5 onion rings and sliders altogether and contains 695 calories. Determine the number of onion rings in the combination meal and the number of sliders in the combination meal.

Answer 1

First, you need to label your variables.

Let x=onion rings

Let y=sliders

Next, you need to create a system of equations to represent the calories and the number of items.

To represent calories:

65x+250y=695

To represent number of items:

x+y=5

Your system of equations should be:

65x+250y=695

x+y=5

You will need to isolate the variables and solve the system of equations. Let me know if you need any more help!