Neave delivered 50 wine bottles to Jenson. Jenson would have to pay Neave $21 for every wine bottle safely delivered. Neave would have to pay Jenson $23 for every damaged wine bottle. If Jenson paid a total of $1006, how many wine bottles were damaged?
Number of
wine bottles
safely delivered |
Payment for
the wine bottles
safely delivered |
Number of
damaged
wine bottles |
Penalty for
damaged
wine bottles |
Total amount
received
|
| 50 |
50 x 21 =
$1050 |
0 |
0 |
1050 - 0 =
$1050 |
| 49 |
49 x 21 =
$1029 |
1 |
1 x 23 =
$23 |
1029 - 23 =
$1006 |
49
|
49 x 21 =
$1029 |
1 |
1 x 23 =
$23 |
1029 - 23 =
$1006 |
Total amount paid to Neave if all the wine bottles were safely delivered
= 50 x 21
= $1050
Big difference between the the total amounts paid to Neave
= 1050 - 1006
= $44
Small difference between the amount for one wine bottle safely delivered and one damaged wine bottle
= 23 + 21
= $44
Number of damaged wine bottles
= 44 ÷ 44
= 1
Answer(s): 1
