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Jane and Mary sell cars. Jane sold cars to 60% of the customers she saw in June, and 30% of the customers she saw in July. Mary sold cars to 50% of the customers she saw in June, and 25% of the people she saw in July. Over the two months, Jane and Mary sold the same total number of cars. If they each saw 100 customers total, and if Jane saw 50 customers each month, how many customers did Mary see in June?

A. 80
B. 70
C. 60
D. 50
E. 40
please help thank you.

Answer 1

50*.6 + 50*.3 =45 cars
80*.5 + 20 * .25 = 45 cars

Mary saw 80 customers in June and 20 in July

Answer 2

its A d answer is A 80

Answer 3

SHE WAS RIGHT

Answer 4

The answer is seventy, I don't know how they got it though.

Answer 5

Thank you very much edolivera007 and DSS.

Answer 6

our pleasure

Answer 7

But how did you guys get twenty and eighty?

Answer 8

I do not understand, can you explain more clearly please?

Answer 9

80 is the answer and 20 cuz we were talking about %

Answer 10

How did you arrive at those numbers? Was there an equation you manipulated to get 80 and 20?

Answer 11

its said over 2 months thats how we got 20 n it was multiple choice so we grab A 80 multiply it by 50% and then multiply 20 by 25% and the add the answers

Answer 12

Why does two months mean 20? I understand how you got the first part, but the 20 part is confusing. Thank you for helping.

Answer 13

cuz we are talking about %

Answer 14

I know...but why 20?

Answer 15

cuz is 2 and we r talking about % so to convert a % u make it into a decimal u add a 0 0.5 =50% 0.2=20%

Answer 16

You can change a month into a perentage?

Answer 17

it depends on the question

Answer 18

That is cool thanks a lot.