Question

Terrence and Lee were selling magazines for a charity. In the first week, Terrance sold 30% more than Lee. In the

second week, Terrance sold 8 magazines, but Lee did not sell any. If Terrance sold 50% more than Lee by the end of the
second week, how many magazines did Lee sell?
Choose any model to solve the problem. Show your work to justify your answer.

Please explain I don’t understand how to solve this problem.

Answer 1

Lee sold 40 magazines

Explanation:

Equation Model:

Let m be the number of magazines Lee sold.

150%-130%=20%, so if 0.2m=8 then m=40

Let me show another way: In the image above 20% is equal to 8 so if we use 8 and 20% and try to reach our way up to 100% (How much Lee sold in total) then we will get our answer.

20%=8

40%=16

60%=24

80%=32

100%=40

Therefore Lee sold 40 magazines.

Hope that makes sense! If you have any more questions or need further clarification then please comment down below or message me! Good luck!