At a hockey game, a vendor sold a combined total of 252 sodas and hot dogs. The number of sodas sold was three times the number of hot dogs sold. Find the number of sodas and the number of hot dogs sold.

Answer 1

s = the number of sodas sold

h = the number of hot dogs sold

A vendor sold a combined total of 252 sodas and hot dogs means:

s + h = 252

The number of sodas sold was three times the number of hot dogs sold means:

s = 3 h

Put this value in equation:

s + h = 252

3 h + h = 252

4 h = 252

h = 252 / 4

h = 63

s = 3 h

s = 3 ∙ 63

s = 189

63 hot dogs and 189 sodas