SOLUTION: A car dealership sold 44 cars this month. For every 4 red cars sold, 7 blue cars are sold.
How many of the cars sold this month were blue?
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How many of the cars sold this month were blue?
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Question 957482: A car dealership sold 44 cars this month. For every 4 red cars sold, 7 blue cars are sold.
How many of the cars sold this month were blue? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A car dealership sold 44 cars this month. For every 4 red cars sold, 7 blue cars are sold.
How many of the cars sold this month were blue?
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red cars:: 4x
blue cars:: 7x
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Equation:
4x + 7x = 44
11x = 44
x = 4
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Ans: # blue cars = 7x = 7*4 = 28
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Cheers,
Stan H.