Problema Solution

The Book Nook makes four times as much revenue on paperback books as on hardcover books. If last month’s sales totaled $124,300, how much of that money was made on paperbacks?

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Hardcover is x

paperback is 4x

x+4x=124300

5x=124300

x=24860

so hardcover is 24860

paperback is 99440