Question

Two families have a garage sale together the entire garage sale brought in $1640 one family made $182 more than twice as much of the second family how much did each family make at the garage sale

Answer 1

On the sale of garage One family made $1154 and Second family made $486

Explanation:

Given:

Two families have a garage sale together the entire garage sale brought in $1640

Total Cost = $1640

Let the Second made be x

Also given one family made $182 more than twice as much of the second family

One family made =
`182+2x`

Now Total cost is equal to sum of One family and Second family.

Hence framing in equation form we get;

`x+182+2x=1640`

Now solving the equation we get;

`3x+182=1640\\3x=1640-182\\3x= 1458\\x=(1458)/(3)= \$486`

Hence,

Second Family made on sale of garage = $486

One Family =
`182+2x=182+2*486 = 182 + 972 = \$1154`

Hence One Family made on sale of garage = $1154