SOLUTION: Solve and verify your answer. A repairman purchased several furnace-blower motors for a total cost of $60. If his cost per motor had been $10 less, he could have purchased 1 ad

Question 1130454: Solve and verify your answer.
A repairman purchased several furnace-blower motors for a total cost of $60. If his cost per motor had been $10 less, he could have purchased 1 additional motor. How many motors did he buy at the regular rate?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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 -  = 1.


Solve for x, which is the number under the question.


Answer.  Regular price was 30 dollars per motor, and he bought 2 motors at this price.

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