Question

The​ U-Drive Rent-A-Truck company plans to spend ​$16 million on 320 new vehicles. Each commercial van will cost ​$​25,000 each small truck ​$80,000​, and each large truck $70,000. Past experience shows that they need twice as many vans as small trucks. How many of each type of vehicle can they​ buy?

Answer 1

If each large truck $70,000. Past experience shows that they need twice as many vans as small trucks. The number of each type of vehicle they can buy is; Small truck 80, Commercial van 160, Large van 80.

How to find the number of vehicle?

Since the company intends to purchase 320 vehicle, Let write this equation:

C + S + L = 320 (Eq. 1)

Total cost of the vehicles:

25C + 80S +70L = 16,000 (Eq. 2)  (Divided by 1000 to keep the numbers small)

Number of commercial vans is twice the number of small trucks,

C = 2S

Substituting 2S in place of C in Eq. 1 and Eq. 2

2S + S + L = 320

25(2S) +80S +70L = 16,000

130S + 70L = 16,000

Multiplying the first of those equations by 70

210S + 70L = 22,400

130S + 70L = 16,000

Subtracting the second equation from the first:

80S = 6400

Divide both  side by 80S

S = 6400/80

S = 80 (Small truck)

Then:

C = 2S

C= 2(80)

C= 160 (Commercial van)

So,

C + S + L = 320

160 + 80 + L = 320

L = 320 - 160 - 80

L =80 (Large van)

Therefore  the number of each type of vehicle they can buy is; Small truck 80, Commercial van 160, Large van 80.

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