Joe and Hugh sell cars. Over the past year they sold 300 cars. Joe sells 5 times as many cars as Hugh.?

Caroyln Ebach: Use Algebra

Aldo Decurtis: Well Joe sold 250 cars. Hugh sold 50 cars

Becky Mosena: tricky task. try searching over yahoo. that may help!

Zulema Baccam: Here's how it's figured out by the mathematically inclined:Let X be the number of cars sold by Hugh. The number sold by Joe would be 5 times that, or 5X. Now we can create an equation. 5X + X = 300. Or 6X = 300. We solve for X. X= 300 divided by 6, which is 50. Now we know that Hugh sold 50 cars and Joe sold 5 times 50 cars, or 250 cars.