Question

The Lincoln County Fair sells small and large sizes of popcorn to fairgoers. On Friday, the fair sold 594 cartons of popcorn. The fair sold 10 times as many large cartons as small cartons.

How many small cartons of popcorn did the fair sell on Friday?

Answer 1

54

Explanation:

1) Let the number of small cartons sold be
`x`, then the number of large cartons sold is
`10x`

2) Because
`594` cartons were sold in total, we have
`x+10x=594`

3) Solving this equation gives
`x=54`