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A textbook store sold a combined total of 480 physics and history textbooks in a week. The number of physics textbooks sold was three times the number of history textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold?

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Answer:

120 history textbooks

360 physics textbooks

Explanation:

Physics textbooks = 3 times the amount of history textbooks

History textbooks = x

Physics textbooks = 3x

480 = x + 3x

= 4x

480/4 = x

x = 120

120 history books sold

480-120 = 360

360 physics textbooks sold

btw sorry if I didn't give enough working or help you understand it I'm not great at this kind of thing

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