Problema Solution

At a Labor Day sale, Taft Beach Shop ran a sale on beach towels, unbrellas, and chairs. Beach towel sales totaled 3 times as many as umbrella and chair sales together. Find the number of chairs sold if 54 towels and 12 umbrellas were sold.

Answer provided by our tutors

let the number of towel t, ubrellas u and chairs c

t=3(u+c)

nd t=54 and u=12

thus

54=3*(12+c)

=> c=6

6 chair sold