a company owns two dealerships both of which sell cars and trucks. Dealership A sells a total of 164 cars and trucks dearlership B sells twice as many cars and half as many trucks as Dealership A. and sells a total of 229 cars and trucks.
write an equation for the total cars and trucks for dealership A
Let's call the number of cars sold by Dealership A as "C" and the number of trucks sold as "T".
According to the given information, Dealership A sells a total of 164 cars and trucks. The equation for this can be written as:
C + T = 164
This equation represents the total number of cars and trucks sold by Dealership A.
Let's denote the total number of cars sold by Dealership A as "C" and the total number of trucks sold by Dealership A as "T."
According to the given information, Dealership A sells a total of 164 cars and trucks, so we can write the equation:
C + T = 164.
However, since we will need to determine the number of cars and trucks sold by Dealership B based on the values of C and T, it may be more helpful to write the equation in terms of only C.
We know that Dealership B sells twice as many cars as Dealership A, so the number of cars sold by Dealership B would be 2 * C.
Dealership B also sells half as many trucks as Dealership A, so the number of trucks sold by Dealership B would be 0.5 * T.
The total number of cars and trucks sold by Dealership B is given as 229, so we can write the equation:
2 * C + 0.5 * T = 229.
Therefore, the equation for the total cars and trucks sold by Dealership A is C + T = 164.
To write an equation for the total cars and trucks for Dealership A, let's assume the number of cars sold by Dealership A is represented by "x" and the number of trucks sold by Dealership A is represented by "y".
We are given that Dealership A sells a total of 164 cars and trucks. So, the equation for Dealership A can be written as:
x + y = 164
Here, "x" represents the number of cars sold by Dealership A, and "y" represents the number of trucks sold by Dealership A.