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Nick and Katie run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A cano [#permalink] New post   07 Mar 2016, 09:21
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Nick and Katie run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A canoe rental costs $45 per day, and a kayak rental costs $25 dollars per day. On a certain Saturday, the business rents out 3 canoes for every 2 kayaks and receives a total of $370 in revenue. How many more canoes than kayaks were rented out?

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B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 10

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Re: Nick and Katie run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A cano [#permalink] New post   07 Mar 2016, 10:31
let c and k denote a canoe and a kayak respectively
let (3c+2k) = d
sum total d =3*45+2*25=185
now 370=2*185
or , 2d
which is 2(3c+2k)=6c+4k
difference =6-4 =2
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Re: Nick and Katie run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A cano [#permalink] New post   08 Mar 2016, 01:13
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canoes : kayak = 3: 2
45*3x= 25*2x = 370
185x = 370
x = 2

Canoes = 6
Kayak = 4
difference = 6-4 = 2

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Re: Nick and Katie run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A cano [#permalink] New post   09 Mar 2016, 01:31
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Nick and Katie run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A canoe rental costs $45 per day, and a kayak rental costs $25 dollars per day. On a certain Saturday, the business rents out 3 canoes for every 2 kayaks and receives a total of $370 in revenue. How many more canoes than kayaks were rented out?

A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 10


Rent of Canoe = 45
Rent of Kayak = 25

Assume 3x canoes and 2x kayaks are rented.
Difference = x

Hence 45*3x + 25*2x = 370
185x = 370
Or x = 2

Option B

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