Question

The junior high band sold candy for a fundraiser the profit from the candy sale was 180.00 the girls sold 3 times as much as the boys how much of the total profit did the girls provide

Answer 1

Let the amount that the boys sold be x, the amount that girls sold will be 3x. The total will be given by:
x+3x=180
4x=180
solving for x we get:
x=180/4
x=45
Thus, boys sold $45, the girls provided 45*3=$135