Write a system of equations to describe the situation below, solve using any method, and fill in the blanks.Westminster City Cafe recently introduced a new flavor of coffee. They served 65 grande cups and 30 jumbo cups of the new coffee today, which equaled a total of 41,175 grams. The day before, 65 grande cups and 31 jumbo cups were served, which used a total of 41,709 grams. How much coffee is required to make each size?There are _ grams in a grande cup of coffee and _ grams in a jumbo one.
Q. Write a system of equations to describe the situation below, solve using any method, and fill in the blanks.Westminster City Cafe recently introduced a new flavor of coffee. They served 65 grande cups and 30 jumbo cups of the new coffee today, which equaled a total of 41,175 grams. The day before, 65 grande cups and 31 jumbo cups were served, which used a total of 41,709 grams. How much coffee is required to make each size?There are _ grams in a grande cup of coffee and _ grams in a jumbo one.
Equation 1: Let's denote the amount of coffee required for a grande cup as 'g' grams and for a jumbo cup as 'j' grams.The first equation comes from the first day's servings: 65 grande cups and 30 jumbo cups made a total of 41,175 grams.So, the equation is: 65g+30j=41,175.
Equation 2: The second equation comes from the second day's servings: 65 grande cups and 31 jumbo cups made a total of 41,709 grams.So, the equation is: 65g+31j=41,709.
System of Equations: We now have a system of equations:1) 65g+30j=41,1752) 65g+31j=41,709We can solve this system by subtracting the first equation from the second to eliminate 'g'.
Subtracting Equations: Subtracting the first equation from the second gives us:(65g+31j)−(65g+30j)=41,709−41,175This simplifies to:65g+31j−65g−30j=41,709−41,175Which further simplifies to:j=534
Solving for j: Now that we have the value for 'j', we can substitute it back into one of the original equations to solve for 'g'.Let's use the first equation: 65g+30j=41,175.Substituting 'j' with 534 gives us:65g+30(534)=41,175.
Substitute and Solve for g: Now we solve for 'g':65g+16,020=41,17565g=41,175−16,02065g=25,155g=6525,155g=387
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