SOLUTION: in one hour a store sold 14 times as many tapes as records. the store sold 70 tapes. how many records did it sell?

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Question 23501: in one hour a store sold 14 times as many tapes as records. the store sold 70 tapes. how many records did it sell?
Found 2 solutions by elima, Shin123:
Answer by elima(1433) About Me  (Show Source):
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In one hour a store sold 14 times as many tapes as records. the store sold 70 tapes. how many records did it sell?
Let x be the records sold
14x= tapes sold
And there were a total of 70 tapes sold, then;
14x=70
x = 70/14
x =5
Hope you understand!
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Answer by Shin123(626) About Me  (Show Source):
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tapes=x records=y
14y=x x=70
14y=70
14y%2F14=70%2F14
y=5
5 records were sold.