You have $216.00 to spend on drinks. Fruit drinks cost $2.00 and soft drinks cost $1.00. You need to buy 4 times as many soft drinks as fruit drinks. How many soft drinks should you buy? a) 152 b) 120 c) 140 d) 144

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Zander Hart

21 January, 06:37

You have $216.00 to spend on drinks. Fruit drinks cost $2.00 and soft drinks cost $1.00. You need to buy 4 times as many soft drinks as fruit drinks. How many soft drinks should you buy? a) 152 b) 120 c) 140 d) 144

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Mitchell Trevino · Answer 1

We have 2f + 1s = 216 and f = 4s, where f = number fruit drinks and s = number soft drinks;

then, 8s + 1s = 216;

9s = 216;

s = 216 : 9;

s = 24;

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