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.
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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