Concept explainers
The number of dresses in store originally.
Answer to Problem 2AGP
The number of dresses in the department store were 130.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Department store sold 3/5 of their dresses.
10 of these were returned.
Now, store has 62 dresses.
Calculation:
Let the total dresses in store be x.
Dresses sold were
So, dresses remaining in store will be
Also, 10 dresses were returned.
So, the equation of the given problem will be:
Now solve the equation:
Therefore, the number of dresses in the department store were 130.
Chapter 2 Solutions
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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