A company owns two dealerships, both of which sell cars and trucks. Dealership A sells a total of 164 cars and trucks. Dealership B sells twice as many cars and half as many trucks as Dealership A, and sells a total of 229 cars and trucks.

(4 points)
a) An equation for the total cars and trucks for Dealership A:
x + y = 164

b) An equation for the total cars and trucks for Dealership B:
2x + 1/2y = 229

c) How many cars did Dealership A sell? ___

d) Considering that Dealership B sold half as many trucks as Dealership A, how many trucks did Dealership B sell?__

1 answer

c) To find out how many cars Dealership A sold, we can solve the equation x + y = 164. However, we don't have enough information to find the exact values of x and y, so the number of cars Dealership A sold remains unknown.

d) According to the information given, Dealership B sold half as many trucks as Dealership A. We can find the number of trucks Dealership B sold by calculating half of the number of trucks Dealership A sold. Since the number of trucks Dealership A sold is y, Dealership B sold 1/2 * y trucks. However, we still don't have the value of y, so the number of trucks Dealership B sold remains unknown.