SOLUTION: A pharmacist found at the end of the day she had 4/3 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 28 prescriptions altogether. How many did she have for tranquil

Question 343236: A pharmacist found at the end of the day she had 4/3 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 28 prescriptions altogether. How many did she have for tranquilizers?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A pharmacist found at the end of the day she had 4/3 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 28 prescriptions altogether. How many did she have for tranquilizers?
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She had 4x prescriptions for antibiotics to every 3x prescriptions of
tranquilizers.
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Equation:
4x + 3x = 28
7x = 28
x = 4
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# antibiotic = 4x = 4*4 = 16 prescriptions
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# of tranquilizer prescrips = 3x = 3*4 = 12
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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