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In one day, a store sold 2/3 as many DVDs as Blu-Ray discs. the total number of DVDs Blu-ray discs sold that day was 280, how many DVDs were sold?

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Answer: Let's start by representing the number of Blu-Ray discs sold as x.

According to the problem, the store sold 2/3 as many DVDs as Blu-Ray discs. So the number of DVDs sold is 2/3 of x, or (2/3)x.

We also know that the total number of DVDs and Blu-Ray discs sold was 280. So we can set up an equation:

(2/3)x + x = 280

To solve for x, we can simplify the equation by combining like terms:

(5/3)x = 280

Multiplying both sides by 3/5, we get:

x = 168

So the number of Blu-Ray discs sold was 168.

To find the number of DVDs sold, we can use the expression we derived earlier:

(2/3)x = (2/3) * 168 = 112

Therefore, the store sold 112 DVDs on that day.

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