SOLUTION: At one point in a Girl Scout cookie sales drive, region C had sold 1500 boxes of cookies, and region D had sold 1200 boxes of cookies. If region D tries harder, they can sell 50 m
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Question 484367: At one point in a Girl Scout cookie sales drive, region C had sold 1500 boxes of cookies, and region D had sold 1200 boxes of cookies. If region D tries harder, they can sell 50 more boxes of cookies every day than region C.
a. How many days will it take for region D to catch up?
b. If sales are stopped after 8 more days, can you tell how many total boxes each region sold? Explain. Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1500-1200/50=300/50=6 days to catch up.
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If sales are stopped after 8 days, region D will be 100 boxes a day ahead of Region C..
