Question

Richard paid six times as much for his computer as he did for his printer he paid a total of $1610 for both items what did each item cost

Answer 1

The answer is "$1610 divided by 6

Answer 2

• computer: $1380
• printer: $230

Explanation:

You want to know the cost of Richards computer and printer if their total cost was $1610 and he paid 6 times as much for the computer as for the printer.

Ratio

The ratio of costs to each other is ...

computer : printer = 6 : 1

Then the ratio of costs to their total is ...

computer : printer : total = 6 : 1 : 7

The computer costs (6/7)·($1610) = $1380, and the printer costs (1/7)·($1610) = $230.

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