Question

1 point

5. In a certain store, small puppets cost $1 cach and large puppets cost $2 each. If the store sold 25 puppets
for a total of $30 dollars, how many small puppets wero sold?
(A) 25
(B) 20
(C) 15
(D) 10
(E)S

Answer 1

(B) 20

Explanation:

Let small puppet be represented by-----------------s

Let large puppet be represented by-----------------l

Total number of puppets expression will be: s+l =25---------a

The expression for total costs will be : 1$ s + $2l=$30-------b

Equation a can be written as; s= 25-l ------------c

Use equation c in equation b as

$1( 25-l )+$ 2l = $30

25-l + 2l = 30

25+l =30

l= 30-25 =5

l, large puppets = 5

s, small puppets = 25-5 = 20

Answer choice A is incorrect because 25 is the total number of all puppets

Answer choice C and D are incorrect because the numbers are less that that of small puppets.