Question

Our competitors struggled to sell 350 products last month and we sold 46% more than they did. How many more did we sell?

Answer 1

Answer:

We sold 161 more products than our competitors.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first step is to find the number of products that we sold. Given that our competitors sold 350 products last month and we sold 46% more, we can think this as that we sold 146 % relative to our competitors.

We can write the following relationship :

$\frac{350}{100}=\frac{x}{146}$

Given that the 350 products represent 100%.

Solving the equation for x :

$\frac{350}{100}=\frac{x}{146}\\x=\frac{(350).(146)}{100}=511$

Therefore, 511 products are the 146% If 350 products are 100%.

We conclude that we sold 511 products.

Now the difference

$511-350=161$ products

Expresses how many more we sold in comparison to our competitors. The number is 161 products.

Answer 2

Find out how much is 46% of 350 and add this number to 350 to get the number of products we sold. 46 % of 350 = 350 * 46/100 (46% is converted intro a fraction) = 161. The number of products we sold = 350 + 161 = 511