Sunshine Honda sold 112 cars this month. If that is 40% greater than last month, how many cars were sold last month?
1.4x = 112
x = ?
Sunshine Honda sold 80 cars last month.
To find out how many cars were sold last month, we need to solve the equation:
Last month's car sales + 40% of last month's car sales = 112
Let's assume x represents the number of cars sold last month. This means that 40% of x is equal to 40/100 * x, which can be written as 0.4x.
So, our equation becomes:
x + 0.4x = 112
To combine like terms, we add the coefficients of x:
1x + 0.4x = 112
Simplifying further:
1.4x = 112
Now, we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 1.4:
x = 112 ÷ 1.4
Evaluating the right side of the equation:
x = 80
Therefore, 80 cars were sold last month.