SOLUTION: company sells batteries($3) and pens ($5). In August total sales were $960.00
customers bought 5 times as many batteries as boxes of pens. How many of each did company sell??
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Question 317753: company sells batteries($3) and pens ($5). In August total sales were $960.00
customers bought 5 times as many batteries as boxes of pens. How many of each did company sell??
x+5x=960
6x=960
6 6
x=160X5=800-batteries sold
x=160X1=160-pens sold
I am a adult student who has never had alegbra and I have problems creating the equations.
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company sells batteries($3) and pens ($5). In August total sales were $960.00
customers bought 5 times as many batteries as boxes of pens. How many of each did company sell??
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let the number of boxes of pens sold be x -costing $5 / box
customer buys 5 times more batteries as boxes of pens
so 5x batteries are bought by the customer at $3 / battery
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individual costs add up to total cost
5x+5x*3=960
5x+15x=960
20x=960
x= 960/20
x= 48 which is the number of pens sold.
The number of batteries sold = 5x = 5*48
=240.
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CHECK
5*48+3*240= 960
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