SOLUTION: Hi I also don't understand how to do this its very confusing Two junked cars were sold at auction to a buyer who paid a total of 2,000$ for both cars.if the more expensive of th

Question 679182: Hi I also don't understand how to do this its very confusing
Two junked cars were sold at auction to a buyer who paid a total of 2,000$ for both cars.if the more expensive of the two cars was $240 less than three times the price of the cheaper car,how much was the more expensive car...

I tried (3x-240$)=2000
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Apparently you are letting

represent the price of the cheaper car, which is perfecly ok. But then you say that 3 times the price of the cheaper car minus $240 is equal to $2000, which we know to be the total amount paid for BOTH cars.

3 times the price of the cheaper car minus $240 is the price of the more expensive car. The price of the more expensive car plus the price of the cheaper car is $2000, so:

Solve for

, then calculate

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