Question

Sales for a business were 6 million dollars more the second year than the first and sales for the third year were double the sales for the second year . If sales for the third year were 76 billion dollars what were sales in million of dollars for the first year

Answer 1

Answer: 32 million

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the sales in first year = x million,

Then According to the question,

The sales in the second year = ( x + 6 ) million

And, the sales in third year = 2(x+6) million

But Again according to the question,

The sales for the third year were 76 billion

That is, 2(x+6) = 76

⇒ x + 6 = 38 (Dividing both sides by 2)

⇒ x = 32 (subtracting 6 on both sides)

Thus the sales in the first year = 32 million