Steve went to the concession stand and bought hamburgers and hot dogs for the kids he brought to watch a baseball game. Each child chose either one hamburger or one hotdog. Hot dogs cost $1. 50 each and hamburgers cost $2. 75 each. Steve spent a total of $23. 75 on 10 kids.

(a) Could Steve have bought an equal amount of hamburgers and hot dogs? Justify your answer.

(b) If x represents the number of hotdogs purchased and y represents the number of hamburgers purchased,
write a system of equations that models this situation and determine the number of both items bought



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