SOLUTION: I think I have the answer to this but not sure how to write it out. Ace Hardware sells boxes of wrenches ($100) and hammers ($300). Howard ordered 40 boxes of wrenches and hammers
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Question 360198: I think I have the answer to this but not sure how to write it out. Ace Hardware sells boxes of wrenches ($100) and hammers ($300). Howard ordered 40 boxes of wrenches and hammers for $8,400. How many boxes of each are in the order? I came up with 22 boxes of hammers and 18 boxes of wrenches. But have no idea how to show the work. Thank you!
Also is there a way on this site to type in a question and see if someone else may have asked the same question? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let represent the number of boxes of wrenches. Then, since there are a total of 40 boxes of tools, the number of boxes of hammers has to be .
Do yourself a favor and simplify your arithmetic:
Solve for and then compute
And the answer to your other question is yes. Go to the Algebra.com home page. Then use the little Google Search box and search for some key words in your problem. You will have to do a little digging, but you will get there. The probability that your problem (or one so close to it that the difference is barely noticable) has NOT been done already is miniscule. We've seen them all (or very nearly so).
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
