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QuestionSamantha bought 9 items of soup and frozen dinners totaling 3850mg3850 \mathrm{mg} sodium. Find the number of each type.

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

Assumptions1. Each can of soup contains350mg of sodium. Each frozen dinner contains700mg of sodium3. Samantha purchased a total of9 items (soup cans and frozen dinners)
4. The total sodium content of all items purchased is3850mg

STEP 2

Let's denote the number of soup cans as ss and the number of frozen dinners as dd.

STEP 3

We can write two equations based on the problem. The first equation is based on the total number of itemss+d=9s + d =9

STEP 4

The second equation is based on the total sodium content350s+700d=3850350s +700d =3850

STEP 5

We can simplify the second equation by dividing all terms by350s+2d=11s +2d =11

STEP 6

Now we have a system of two equations\begin{align*} s + d &=9 \\ s +2d &=11\end{align*}

STEP 7

We can solve this system of equations by subtracting the first equation from the second(s+2d)(s+d)=119(s +2d) - (s + d) =11 -9

STEP 8

This simplifies tod=2d =2

STEP 9

Now that we have dd, we can substitute it into the first equation to find sss+2=9s +2 =9

STEP 10

olving for ss givess=92=7s =9 -2 =7So, Samantha purchased7 cans of soup and2 frozen dinners.

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