SOLUTION: Of the vehicles stopped by police 1/3 were station wagons 1/4 were sport cars and 1/5 were commercial. If 60 cars were booked in total how many cars that belonged to a different ca

Question 850348: Of the vehicles stopped by police 1/3 were station wagons 1/4 were sport cars and 1/5 were commercial. If 60 cars were booked in total how many cars that belonged to a different category were booked
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the fraction that were different

Multiply both sides by

13 cars were different

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