SOLUTION: in one hour a store sold 14 times as many tapes as records. the store sold 70 tapes. how many records did it sell?

Question 23501: in one hour a store sold 14 times as many tapes as records. the store sold 70 tapes. how many records did it sell?
Found 2 solutions by elima, Shin123:
Answer by elima(1433) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In one hour a store sold 14 times as many tapes as records. the store sold 70 tapes. how many records did it sell?
Let x be the records sold
14x= tapes sold
And there were a total of 70 tapes sold, then;
14x=70
x = 70/14
x =5
Hope you understand!
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Answer by Shin123(626) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tapes=x records=y
x=70

5 records were sold.
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