SOLUTION: One week 10 copies of the novel The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown were sold for every 1.9 copies of John Grogan's Maryley and Me that were sold. If a total of 3570 copies of the two bo

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Question 238513: One week 10 copies of the novel The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown were sold for every 1.9 copies of John Grogan's Maryley and Me that were sold. If a total of 3570 copies of the two books were sold, how many copies of each were sold?
Answer by stanbon(48558) (Show Source):
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One week 10 copies of the novel The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown were sold for every 1.9 copies of John Grogan's Marley and Me that were sold. If a total of 3570 copies of the two books were sold, how many copies of each were sold?
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10:1.9 is the same as 10x:1.9x where 10 is the number of DaVinci sold.
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Equation:
10x + 1.9x = 3570
11.9x = 3570
x = 3570/11.9
x = 300
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DaVinci = 10x = 10*300 = 3000
Marly = 1.9x = 570
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