In country A, about five times as many cars are manufactured per day than in country B. If the total number of these cars manufactured per day is 39,612, find the number manufactured in country B and the number manufactured in country A.
Let x be the number of cars manufactured per day in county A. Let y be that of cars manufactured per day in county B.
x+y= 39,612 but x= 5y..... equation (1) So: 5y+y= 39,612 6y= 39,612 y= 6,602 cars Substitute y= 6,602 in equation (1): x= 5(6,602) x= 33,010 So the number manufactured in county A is 33,010 cars and the number manufactured in county B is 6,602 cars.
