Answer:
The number of bag of chips sold is 12 while the number of candy bar sold is 5
Step-by-step explanation:
The price of each bag of chips is $ 1.75
The price of each candy bar is $ 1. Yesterday Ava made $ 26 from selling a total of 17 bags of chips and candy bars.
Let the number of bag of chips be x
Let the number of candy bar be y
x+y=17
$1.75x + $1y=$26
Solving simultaneously by elimination method. We eliminate y by subtracting equation 1 from Equation 2
1.75x-1x=0.75x
1y-y=0
26-17=9
0.75x=9
Divide by 0.75
0.75x/0.75=9/0.75
x=12
Substitute for x in equation 1
x+y=17
12+y=17
y=17-12
y=5
Hence the number of bag of chips is 12 while the number of candy bar is 5
