Question

A small grocery store selling jugs of milk, loafs of bread and pieces of cheese sold a total of 224 of those three items today. It sold

three times as many loafs of bread as jugs of milk, and it sold 4 times as many pieces of cheese as loafs of bread.
a) Write an equation that represents the information.
b) Solve the equation in (a) to find the number of jugs of milk, loafs of bread, and pieces of cheese the store sold today

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) Let's denote the number of jugs of milk as 'x', the number of loaves of bread as 'y', and the number of pieces of cheese as 'z'.

Based on the given information, we can form two equations:

1) The total number of items sold today is 224:

x + y + z = 224

2) The store sold three times as many loaves of bread as jugs of milk:

y = 3x

3) The store sold four times as many pieces of cheese as loaves of bread:

z = 4y

b) To solve the equations and find the number of jugs of milk, loaves of bread, and pieces of cheese the store sold today, we will substitute equation (2) and equation (3) into equation (1):

x + y + z = 224

x + 3x + 4y = 224

4x + 4y = 224

Now, substitute y = 3x into the equation:

4x + 4(3x) = 224

4x + 12x = 224

16x = 224

Divide both sides by 16:

x = 224 / 16

x = 14

Now substitute the value of x back into equation (2) to find y:

y = 3x

y = 3(14)

y = 42

Finally, substitute the value of y into equation (3) to find z:

z = 4y

z = 4(42)

z = 168

Therefore, the store sold 14 jugs of milk, 42 loaves of bread, and 168 pieces of cheese today.

Answer 2

Answer: the store sold 14 jugs of milk, 42 loaves of bread, and 168 pieces of cheese today.

Explanation:

a) Let's represent the number of jugs of milk as 'm', the number of loaves of bread as 'b', and the number of pieces of cheese as 'c'. According to the given information:

The total number of items sold today is 224. Therefore, we can write the equation:

m + b + c = 224

The store sold three times as many loaves of bread as jugs of milk. We can write this as:

b = 3m

The store sold four times as many pieces of cheese as loaves of bread. We can write this as:

c = 4b

b) Now, let's solve the equation:

Substituting the value of 'b' from equation (2) into equation (3):

c = 4(3m)

c = 12m

Substituting the values of 'b' and 'c' from equations (2) and (3) into equation (1):

m + 3m + 12m = 224

16m = 224

m = 224 / 16

m = 14

Using the value of 'm' in equation (2):

b = 3m

b = 3(14)

b = 42

Using the value of 'b' in equation (3):

c = 4b

c = 4(42)

c = 168