SOLUTION: Art and Paul sell trucks for Blue Auto. Over the past year they sold 240 trucks. Assuming Paul sells 7 times as many trucks as Art, how many trucks did they each sell?
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Question 757754: Art and Paul sell trucks for Blue Auto. Over the past year they sold 240 trucks. Assuming Paul sells 7 times as many trucks as Art, how many trucks did they each sell?
Answer by knighty2002uk(39) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if paul sells 7 time as many as art, for every 1 art sells paul sells 7 meaning a total of 8 each time.
240/8=30
1*30=30 (art)
7*30=210 (paul)
210+30=240 sales
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