Question

A factory produced an equal number of files and rulers. 1/4 of the files and 2/5 of the rulers were produced last week. The rest of the files and rulers were produced this week. The number of files produced this week was 96 more than the number of rulers produced this week. How many files and rulers did the factory produce altogether?

Answer 1

so, there were x files and rulers produced. Now we are told that
3/4 x = 96 + 3/5 x
find x, and then you want 2x