Question

HELP: Cho charges $1500 to build a small deck and $2500 to build a large deck. During the spring and summer, she built 5 more small decks than large decks.

If she earned $23,500 how many of each type of deck did she build?

Answer 1

if she build x numbers of large decks, therefore small decks would be (x + 5)

1500*(x+5)+2500x =23500

1500x+7500+2500x=23500

4000x+7500 =23500

4000x=23500-7500

4000x=16000

x=4

4+5=9

cho built 4 large decks and 9 small decks