Answer:
27 SUVs
Step-by-step explanation:
Let number of ordinary cars be x and SUVs be y
We can write 2 equations and use substitution to solve for the number of SUVs.
<u>"The number of ordinary cars is larger than the number of sport utility vehicles by 59.3%"- </u>
This means that 1.593 times more is ordinary cars (x) than SUVs (y), so we can write:
x = 1.593y
<u>"The difference between the number of cars and the number of SUVs is 16" - </u>
Since we know ordinary cars are "more", we can say x - y = 16
<em>We can now plug in 1.593 y into x of the 2nd equation and solve for y:</em>
<em>x - y = 16</em>
<em>1.593y - y = 16</em>
<em>0.593y = 16</em>
<em>y = 27 (rounded)</em>
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<em>Hence, there are 27 SUVs</em>