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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 ss and the cost of one tablet as tt. The total sales from the smartphones and tablets can be represented as170s+260t=1366170s +260t =1366

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 ss in terms of tts=1366260t170s = \frac{1366 -260t}{170}

STEP 4

Now we have an equation for ss in terms of tt. 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 tt1366260t01366 -260t \geq0

STEP 5

olving this inequality will give us the range of possible values for ttt136260t \leq \frac{136}{260}

STEP 6

Calculate the maximum value for ttt13662605.25t \leq \frac{1366}{260} \approx5.25

STEP 7

Similarly, we can set up an inequality for ss1366170s01366 -170s \geq0

STEP 8

olving this inequality will give us the range of possible values for sss1366170s \leq \frac{1366}{170}

STEP 9

Calculate the maximum value for sss13661708.04s \leq \frac{1366}{170} \approx8.04

STEP 10

From the above calculations, we can see that the cost of one smartphone is less than or equal to approximately 8.048.04 and the cost of one tablet is less than or equal to approximately 5.255.25. 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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