Jauanita and Keenan own a camping supply store and just put in an order fir flashlights and sleeping bags. The number of flashlights ordered was five times the number of sleeping bags. The flashlights cost $12 each and the sleeping bags cost $45 each. If the total cost for the flashlights and sleeping bags was $1785 how many flashlights and how many sleeping bags did Juanita and Keenan order

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Answer:

  • 85 flashlights
  • 17 sleeping bags

Step-by-step explanation:

One group of 5 flashlights and 1 sleeping bag will cost ...

  $12×5 +45 = $105

The total cost of the order is $1785/$105 = 17 times that amount, so there were ...

  17 sleeping bags ordered

  17×5 = 85 flashlights ordered