Ye has his own business. He checks his sales receipts three times a day. One day, his afternoon sales eere $50 more than his morning sales, and his evening sales were three times his afternoon sales. If his total slaes for the day were $1,000, what were his evening sales?

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Warren Odom

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1 July, 15:37

Ye has his own business. He checks his sales receipts three times a day. One day, his afternoon sales eere $50 more than his morning sales, and his evening sales were three times his afternoon sales. If his total slaes for the day were $1,000, what were his evening sales?

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Stanley Sellers · Answer 1

Let his morning sakes be $m, then afternoon sales were m+50, and his evening sales were 3m+150.

Total sales=m+m+50+3m+150=1000.

5m=1000-200=800, so m=800/5=$160. His evening sales were 3 (160+50) = 3*210=$630.