Mr. Sanchez’s class sold fruit pies for $1.65 each and Mr. Kelly’s class sold bottles of fruit juice for $1.36 each. Together, the classes sold 79 items and earned $118.17 for their school.

AWrite and solve a system of equations that model the problem. Show all your work. (A is answered already)
BWhich class earned more money?
CHow much more money did that class earn?

Verified Answer :

To answer the problem we let x and y be the number of fruit pies and fruit juice that Mr. Sanchez and Mr. Kelly's classes sold, respectively. The system of linear equation that would best represent the scenario above is,
                                 x + y = 79
                               1.65x + 1.36y = 118.17
The values of x and y are 37 and 42, respectively. 
(a) The items above answer the first question
(b) amount of money earned by both classes:
              Mr. Sanchez's: (1.65)(37) = $61.05
              Mr. Kelly's: (1.36)(42) = $
57.12
   Thus, Mr. Sanchez's class earned more money. 
(c) $61.05 - $57.12 = $3.93.