Walmart sells thermometers 4 and hotwater bottles 10 In Dece

Walmart sells thermometers ($4) and hot-water bottles ($10). In December. Walmart\'s total sales were $1, 140 Customers bought 5 times as many thermometers as hot-water bottles How many of each did Walmart sell?

Solution

Assume Walmart sells x hot-water bottles, 4x thermometers

then 5*4x+10*x=1140

20x+10x=1140

30x=1140

x=38

thus Walmart sells 38 hot-water bottles and 38*5 = 190 thermometers

 Walmart sells thermometers ($4) and hot-water bottles ($10). In December. Walmart\'s total sales were $1, 140 Customers bought 5 times as many thermometers as

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