Question

a car salesperson sells 5 cars on a monday, abd 9 cars on a tuesday. this was only 25% of the sales in that week. how many cars did the salesperson sell that week?

Answer 1

Answer:To find out how many cars the salesperson sold that week, we need to determine the total sales for the week based on the given information.

We know that the salesperson sold 5 cars on Monday and 9 cars on Tuesday, which combined represent 25% of the total sales for the week.

Let's denote the total number of cars sold in the week as 'x'.

To calculate the total sales, we can set up an equation:

(5 + 9) / x = 25%

First, let's convert 25% to a decimal by dividing it by 100:

25% = 0.25

Now, we can rewrite the equation:

(5 + 9) / x = 0.25

Simplifying the left side of the equation:

14 / x = 0.25

To solve for 'x', we can cross-multiply:

14 = 0.25 * x

Dividing both sides of the equation by 0.25:

14 / 0.25 = x

x = 56

Therefore, the salesperson sold 56 cars in that week.

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