QuestionA wireless store has 170 smartphone and 260 tablet preorders totaling \$1366. Find the cost of each device.
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
Assumptions1. The number of preorders for the smartphone is170. The number of preorders for the tablet is2603. The combined sale of the preorders for a smartphone and a tablet together is $13664. Each device (smartphone and tablet) has a fixed price
STEP 2
We can set up a system of linear equations to solve this problem. Let's denote the cost of one smartphone as and the cost of one tablet as . The total sales from the smartphones and tablets can be represented as
STEP 3
We only have one equation and two unknowns, so we can't solve this system directly. However, we can express one variable in terms of the other. Let's express in terms of
STEP 4
Now we have an equation for in terms of . However, we know that the cost of a smartphone or a tablet cannot be negative, so we can set up an inequality to find the possible values for
STEP 5
olving this inequality will give us the range of possible values for
STEP 6
Calculate the maximum value for
STEP 7
Similarly, we can set up an inequality for
STEP 8
olving this inequality will give us the range of possible values for
STEP 9
Calculate the maximum value for
STEP 10
From the above calculations, we can see that the cost of one smartphone is less than or equal to approximately and the cost of one tablet is less than or equal to approximately . However, these are not integer values, and it is unlikely that the cost of a smartphone or a tablet would be a non-integer value. Therefore, we can conclude that there are no combinations of the number of products sold satisfying the given conditions.
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