Question

Jenna and Becca were both selling cookies door to door. Jenna sold 8 boxes of cookies for every 3 boxes of cookies Becca sold. Combined,they sold a total of 385 boxes of cookies. How many boxes did each girl sell?

Answer 1

Answer:
Jenna sold 280 boxes, Becca sold 105 boxes.

Step-by-step explanation:
For every 3 boxes B sold, J sold 8 boxes and ended with a total of 385 boxes sold.
3b+8j=385
From how the question is asked, we can assume that each round of sales would equal 11 total sales. (3b+8j=11)
Knowing the sales take place in intervals of 11, we can solve the problem by doing 385/11.
385/11=35
Finally, with 35 rounds of sales happening and knowing Jenna sells 8 while Becca sells 3 at each one, all that's left to do is multiply.
8x35=280
3x35=105
To be sure we can check our answer by adding them together, 280+105=385.