Help help help!!!!

17rkearns

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Ok I'm soooo confuzed and I have to pass this in tommorrow!!! I don't even know where to start!!!!!
Here's the problemo:
Julius sold five times as many computers as Sam sold last year. In total, they sold 78 computers. How many computers did Julius sell????
This doesn't make any sense!!! I need to write and solve an equation to get how many computers Julius sold... Julius can't sell like a half of a computer can he??? Because 5 doesn't go into 78!!!!
 
Let Sam be X
Let Julius be 5X

x + 5x = 78

6x = 78

x = 78/6

x = 13

Sam sold 13 and Julius sold 5(13) or 65.
 
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