Problema Solution
at a liquor store, whole cartons of 24 cans sold for $30 each. when each cartons was broken into four six-packs, the six packs sold for $9 each. due to a computer malfunction the store lost some of its sales records. they knew that 15 cartons had been sold for a total of $510. how many cartons were broken into six-packs?
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let
x = the number of cartons broken into six-packs
4x*9 + (15 - x)*30 = 510
by solving we find
x = 10 cartons
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10 cartons were broken into six-packs.