SOLUTION: During a sale an automobile dealer sold 69 cars and trucks. If she sold 27 more cars than trucks how many trucks did she sell?
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Question 176487: During a sale an automobile dealer sold 69 cars and trucks. If she sold 27 more cars than trucks how many trucks did she sell?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x and y be the number of cars and trucks sold respectively
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x+y=69........eq 1
x=y+27........eq 2
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take x's value from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
:
y+27+y=69
:
2y=42
:
number of trucks sold
:
number of cars sold
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