Question

A local Best Buy sells 8 times as many iPads as target. The difference between their sales is 490 iPads how many did each sell?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's assume the number of iPads sold by Target as "x".

Then, the number of iPads sold by Best Buy would be 8 times this value, which is 8x.

We are given that the difference in their sales is 490 iPads. So we can set up an equation:

8x - x = 490

Simplifying and solving for x:

7x = 490

x = 70

Therefore, Target sold 70 iPads, and Best Buy sold 8 times as many, or 560 iPads.