Question

a store sells pencils pens and markers that sells two times as many markers as pencils and three times as many pens as pencils is the store sells a total of 1950 pencils and pens and markers in a week how many of each were sold​

Answer 1

Pencils = 325 ; Pens = 975 ; Markers = 650

Explanation:

Let :

Number of Pencils = x

Number of pens = y

Number of markers = z

2 times as many markers as pencils

z = 2x

3 times as many pens as pencils

y = 3x

x + y + z = 1950

Write z and y in terms of x in the equation :

x + 3x + 2x = 1950

6x = 1950

Divide both sides by 6

6x / 6 = 1950 / 6

x = 325

Number of pencils = 325

Pens = 3 * 325 = 975

Markers = 2 * 325 = 650

Pencils = 325 ; Pens = 975 ; Markers = 650