SOLUTION: Two cars where sold at auction to a buyer who paid a total of $2000.00 for both cars. If the more expensive of the two cars was $240 less than three times the price of the cheaper

Question 82660: Two cars where sold at auction to a buyer who paid a total of $2000.00 for both cars. If the more expensive of the two cars was $240 less than three times the price of the cheaper car, how much was the more expensive car?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two cars were sold at auction to a buyer who paid a total of $2000.00 for both cars. If the more expensive of the two cars was $240 less than three times the price of the cheaper car, how much was the more expensive car?
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Let price of cheaper car be "x" dollars.
Then the price of the more expensive car is 3x-240.
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EQUATION:
x+3x-240=2000
4x=2240
x=$560 (price of cheaper car)
2000-x=$1440 (price of more expensive car)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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