Question

Two vendors sold 141 ice-creams during their working shift. The first vendor sold 35% more ice-creams than the second one. How many ice-creams did each vendor sell?

Answer 1

• first vendor: 81 ice-creams
• second vendor: 60 ice-creams

Explanation:

If the first vendor sold 35% more, the sales was 1.35 times that of the second vendor. Together, their sales was 1+1.35 = 2.35 times that of the second vendor.

So, the second vendor's sales was ...

141 ice-creams/2.35 = 60 ice-creams

The first vendor's sales was 1.35 times that, or ...

1.35 × 60 ice-creams = 81 ice-creams

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Check

The total is 60+81 = 141.