Question

An employee at a cellular phone store is doing inventory. The store

has 23 more Samsung phones in stock than Apple iPhones. If the
store has a total of 73 phones, how many of each type of phone is in
stock?

Answer 1

There are 25 Apple iPhones and 48 Samsung phones in stock.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's assign variables to represent the number of Samsung phones and Apple iPhones in stock. Let 'x' represent the number of Apple iPhones. Since the store has 23 more Samsung phones in stock than Apple iPhones, we can represent the number of Samsung phones as 'x + 23'.

The total number of phones in stock is 73, so we can set up the equation: x + (x + 23) = 73.

Simplifying the equation, we get: 2x + 23 = 73.

Subtracting 23 from both sides, we have 2x = 50.

Finally, dividing both sides by 2, we find that x, the number of Apple iPhones, is 25. Plugging this value back into the equation, the number of Samsung phones is x + 23 = 25 + 23 = 48.

Therefore, there are 25 Apple iPhones and 48 Samsung phones in stock.

Answer 2

there are 48 iPhones and 23 Samsung

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