SOLUTION: Bob and Aaron sold 450 sets of windshield wipers at two different booths at the local auto accessary show. If Bob sold 5 times as many wind wipers as Aaron,how many did each of th

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Question 4801: Bob and Aaron sold 450 sets of windshield wipers at two different booths at the local auto accessary show. If Bob sold 5 times as many wind wipers as Aaron,how many did each of them sell?
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Let the number of sets Aaron sold = x
Let the number of sets Bob sold = 450-x
If Bob sold 5 times as many as Aaron then
450-x=5x
consoldate like terms by adding x to both sides:
450-x+x=5x+x
450=6x
Divide both sides by six to isolate the variable
75=x
So Bob sold 75 sets of windshield wipers and Aaron sold
450-75 = 375
and 375 is 5 times 75, so this is correct.