Question

Sean and Evan are selling rolls of wrapping paper to raise money for the new football team uniforms. Evan has sold seven more that one-half the number of rolls that Sean has. If they sold a total of 121 rolls, how many has Evan sold? Help Please:)

Answer 1

Solution: Let x be the number of rolls sold by Sean.

We are given that Evan has sold 7 more that one-half the number of rolls that Sean sold.

Evan has sold
`(1)/(2) x+7` rolls.

Therefore, we have:

`x+(0.5x+7) =121`

`1.5x=121-7`

`x=(114)/(1.5)`

`x=76`

Therefore, Sean has sold 76 rolls and Evan has sold
`121-76=45` rolls