Question

3. In the month of August, a car dealership sold a total of 72

cars and trucks. The dealership reported that for every 4
passenger cars sold, there were 2 trucks sold. How many of
each type of vehicle were sold in the month of August?

Answer 1

The dealership sold in August 24 trucks and 48 cars

Explanation:

Equations

A dealership reported they sold a total of 72 vehicles.

It also determined that for every 4 cars sold, they sold 2 trucks. It means that they sold twice as many cars as trucks.

Let x be the number of trucks sold.

It follows that 2x is the number of cars sold.

The sum of both numbers must equal 72:

x + 2x = 72

Simplifying:

3x = 72

Solving:

x = 72 / 3 = 24

The number of cars were

2x= 48

The dealership sold in August 24 trucks and 48 cars