SOLUTION: A pet store bought a litter of puppies for $800. After selling all but 3 puppies in the litter their sales were $800. Each puppy was sold for $60 more than they paid for them. How

Question 658332: A pet store bought a litter of puppies for $800. After selling all but 3 puppies in the litter their sales were $800. Each puppy was sold for $60 more than they paid for them. How many puppies were in the litter?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of puppies in the litter
The store paid for each puppy
They sold puppies
is the money received per puppy

Multiply each side by

Looking at this, I can see

( ignore the negative root )
There are 8 puppies in the litter
check:
They sold all but 3, which is 5 puppies
800/5 = $160 per puppy
160 - 60 = $100
This means they paid $100 for each of the 8 puppies
or $800
OK

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