SOLUTION: The ratio of sports cars to luxury cars sold in St. Louis last year was 3 to 2. If 20 more sports cars were sold than luxury cars, how many of each were sold?

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Question 315143: The ratio of sports cars to luxury cars sold in St. Louis last year was 3 to 2. If 20 more sports cars were sold than luxury cars, how many of each were sold?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let A be the number of luxury cars sold.
Then A+20 is the number of sports cars sold.
We know that,
%28A%2B20%29%2FA%29=3%2F2
1%2B20%2FA=3%2F2
20%2FA=1%2F2
A=40
40 luxury cars and 60 sports cars were sold.