Question

If a toy store sold four times as many dolls then trucks and dials cost $24 each and trucks cost $17 each and they sold $1469 worth how many trucks and dolls were sold each

Answer 1

The total number of trucks sold=13

The total number of dolls sold=52

Explanation:

Step 1: Determine price per unit of each toy type

Price per doll=$24

Price per truck=$17

Step 2: Derive an expression for the total cost of trucks and dolls sold

Total cost=(Price per doll×number of dolls sold)+(price per truck×number of trucks sold)

where;

Price per doll=$24

Number of dolls sold=d, but 4 times as many dolls than trucks were sold, d=4×t=4 t

Price per truck=$17

Number of trucks sold=t

Total cost=$1469

replacing;

1469=(24×4 t)+(17×t)

96 t+17 t=1469

113 t=1469

t=1469/113

t=13

d=4 t=4×13=52

The total number of trucks sold=t=13

The total number of dolls sold=d=52