Question

Lou and Jacob each sold 200 pieces of jewelry. If 20% of Lou's sales were rings, and Jacob sold 35 rings, who sold more rings?

Jacob sold 5 more rings than Lou.


Lou sold 5% more rings than Jacob.


Jacob sold 5% more rings than Lou.


Lou sold 5 more rings than Jacob.

Answer 1

To determine who sold more rings, let's calculate the number of rings sold by Lou first.

1. **Lou's Sales:**
- Lou sold 200 pieces of jewelry.
- 20% of Lou's sales were rings.
- The number of rings Lou sold = 20% of 200 = 0.20 * 200 = 40 rings.

2. **Jacob's Sales:**
- Jacob sold 35 rings.

Now we can compare the number of rings sold by each:

- Lou sold 40 rings.
- Jacob sold 35 rings.

**Comparison:**
- Lou sold 40 rings, while Jacob sold 35 rings.

Thus, Lou sold more rings than Jacob.

Since Lou sold 5 more rings than Jacob (40 - 35 = 5), the correct statement from the options would be:

**"Lou sold 5 more rings than Jacob."**