Question

9. A vendor is selling Coke and Sprite. He sold three times as many Cokes as Sprites. If

he sells 76 sodas in all, how many Cokes were sold? How many Sprites?

Answer 1

The number of sprites old = 19

The number of cokes sold = 57

Explanation:

Let us assume the number of sprites sold = m

So, the number of cokes sold = 3 times (Number of sprites) =3 x (m) = 3 m

Also, the total number of sodas sold = 76

⇒ The number of (Sprites + coke) sold = 76

or, m + 3 m = 76

⇒ 4 m = 76

⇒ m = 76 / 4 = 1 9

or, m = 19

Hence the number of sprites old = m = 19

And the number of cokes sold = 3 m = 3 x 19 = 57