Nick bought some pens at $6 each. He later sold them to his customers at $9 each. For customers who bought two pens were given another pen for free. The customers bought either one or two pens. Nick gave away 150 free pens and collected a total of $690 more than what he had paid for. How many customers bought just one pen each?
|
Pens sold |
Pens given to customers who got 1 pen each |
Pens given to customers who got 3 pens each |
Number |
1 u |
1 u - 450 |
450 |
Value |
$6 |
$9 |
$9 |
Total Value |
6 u |
9 u - $4050 |
$2700 |
Since 150 pens were given free, there were 150 customers who bought two pens each.
Number of pens that each customer would get if they bought two pens each and got 1 pen free
= 2 + 1
= 3
Total number of pens for customers who each bought two pens
= 3 x 150
= 450
Number of pens for customers who each bought 1 pen = 1 u - 450
Total amount collected from customers who bought 1 pen each
= 9 x (1 u - 450)
= 9 u - 4050
Total amount collected from customers who bought two pens each
= 150 x 2 x 9
= $2700
Total amount collected from all the customers
= 9 u - 4050 + 2700
= 9 u - 1350
Nick collected a total of $690 more than what he had paid for.
9 u - 1350 = 6 u + 690
9 u - 6 u = 690 + 1350
3 u = 2040
1 u = 2040 ÷ 3 = 680
Number of customers who bought just one pen
= 1 u - 450
= 680 - 450
= 230
Answer(s): 230