Question

a sporting goods store receives a shipment of 124 golf bags. The shipment includes two types of bags, full-sized and collapsible. The full-size bags cost $38.50 each. The collapsible bags cost $22.50 each. The bill for the shipment is $3430. How many of each type of golf bag are in the shipment?

Answer 1

The sporting goods store receives the shipment of 124 golf bags in total.
Let us assume that the number of full-sized bags = X
Then the number of collapsible golf bags = 124 - X
Cost of each full sized bags = $38.50
Cost of each collapsible bags = $22.50
Total cost of the 124 bags received by the sporting goods store = $3430
Then
(38.50)X + (124 - X)22.50 = 3430
(38.50X - 22.50X) + 2790 = 3430
16X = 3430 - 2790
16X = 640
X = 640/16
   = 40
So the number of full-sized golf bags received = 40
Then the number of collapsible golf bags received = 124 - 40
                                                                                 = 84