SOLUTION: the wool sales for one week in New York amounted to 555,000lbs. the ratio of the domestic sales to the foreign sales was 14 to 23. What were the foreign sales?

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Question 264717: the wool sales for one week in New York amounted to 555,000lbs. the ratio of the domestic sales to the foreign sales was 14 to 23. What were the foreign sales?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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domestic sales + foreign sales = total sales
Let d = domestic sales
Let f = foreign sales
given:
d%2Ff+=+14%2F23
d+=+%2814%2F23%29%2Af
%2814%2F23%29%2Af+%2B+f+=+555000
14f+%2B+23f+=+12765000
37f+=+12765000
f+=+345000
The foreign sales were $345,000
check answer:
d+=+%2814%2F23%29%2Af
d+=+%2814%2F23%29%2A345000
d+=+210000
d+%2B+f+=+555000
345000+%2B+210000+=+555000
555000+=+555000
OK