Question

A computer company invested a total of $242 million in research and development in its scanners and video digitizers. If the amount the company spent on research and development on scanners was $95 million more than was spent on research and development on its video digitizers, how much in fact did the company spend on research and development on its scanners?

Answer 1

$168,500,000

Explanation:

Given that :

Total amount spent on both scanner and video digitizer research and development = $242,000,000

Let :

amount spent on scanner = x

Amount spent on video digitizer = y

Total amount spent, c = x + y

x = y + 95,000,000

Hence,

242000000 = y + 95,000,000 + y

242000000 - 95000000 = 2y

147,000,000 = 2y

y = $73,500,000

Hence, amount spent on scanners :

$73,500,000 + $95,000,000

= $168,500,000