Question

a) On Wednesday, Harry sold 3 times as many candy bars as on Tuesday. On Thursday, he sold 5 times as many bars as on Wednesday. He sold a total of 152 candy bars. How many did he sell each day?

Answer 1

Answer:

Tues=8 Weds=24 Thurs=120

Step-by-step explanation:

The question can be modeled by the equation x+3x+15x=152

x is the amount sold on tuesday, 3x is 3 times the amount sold on tuesday so it represents wednesday and 15x represents thursday as it is 5 times the amount sold on wednesday.

Now we just need to solve for x to figure out how many he sold each day.

x+3x+15x=19x

19x=152

x=152/19

x=8

To find the amount sold on each day just mulitiply x by the coefficient

Tuesday = x = 8

Wednesday = 3x = 3*8 = 24

Thursday = 15x = 15*8 = 120