Jenson bought some staplers at $5 each. He later sold them to his customers at $8 each. For customers who bought two staplers were given another stapler for free. The customers bought either one or two staplers. Jenson gave away 210 free staplers and collected a total of $390 more than what he had paid for. How many customers bought just one stapler each?
| |
Staplers
sold |
Staplers given to customers who got 1 stapler each |
Staplers given to customers who got 3 staplers each |
| Number |
1 u |
1 u - 630 |
630 |
| Value |
$5 |
$8 |
$8 |
| Total Value |
5 u |
8 u - $5040 |
$3360 |
Since 210 staplers were given free, there were 210 customers who bought two staplers each.
Number of staplers that each customer would get if they bought two staplers each and got 1 stapler free
= 2 + 1
= 3
Total number of staplers for customers who each bought two staplers
= 3 x 210
= 630
Number of staplers for customers who each bought 1 stapler = 1 u - 630
Total amount collected from customers who bought 1 stapler each
= 8 x (1 u - 630)
= 8 u - 5040
Total amount collected from customers who bought two staplers each
= 210 x 2 x 8
= $3360
Total amount collected from all the customers
= 8 u - 5040 + 3360
= 8 u - 1680
Jenson collected a total of $390 more than what he had paid for.
8 u - 1680 = 5 u + 390
8 u - 5 u = 390 + 1680
3 u = 2070
1 u = 2070 ÷ 3 = 690
Number of customers who bought just one stapler
= 1 u - 630
= 690 - 630
= 60
Answer(s): 60
