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If Sears Roebuck sells six times as many batteries as Firestone, and their difference in sales is 250,000 batteries, how many batteries did each sell?

If Sears Roebuck sells six times as many batteries as Firestone, and their difference in sales is 250,000 batteries, how many batteries did each sell?
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If Sears Roebuck sells six times as many batteries as Firestone, and their difference in

sales is 250,000 batteries, how many batteries did each sell?

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User MuHAOS
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  • Let Firestone sells x
  • Roebuck sells 6x

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\\ \sf\longmapsto x+6x=250000


\\ \sf\longmapsto 7x=250000


\\ \sf\longmapsto x=(250000)/(7)


\\ \sf\longmapsto x\approx 35714

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