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Lettuce for Sale - posted March 29, 1999

On Monday, the produce manager stocked the display case with eighty heads of lettuce. By the end of the day some of the lettuce had been sold.

On Tuesday, the manager surveyed the display case and counted the number of heads of lettuce left. He decided to add an equal number of heads of lettuce. (He doubled the leftovers.) By the end of the day he had sold the same number of heads of lettuce as on Monday.

On Wednesday, the manager decided to triple the number of heads of lettuce that had been left in the case. He sold the same number of heads of lettuce that day too. However, at the end of the day there were no heads of lettuce left.

How many heads of lettuce were sold each day?

If you use variables, make sure to represent them. Explain all equations and show your work. Don't forget to show that you checked your work.

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From:  Matthew Roitstein, age 15
School:  William S. Hart High School, Newhall, CA
48 heads of lettuce were sold each day.

I first read the problem all the way through before I started

anything, and then I read it a second time writing every step down to

"build" an equation.  I started with 80, since the produce manager

started with 80.  Then I went on from there. (In the following steps,

y stands for how many were sold that day.)



80                        This is what he started with.

80 - y                    This is what he had after the first day.

2(80 - y)                 This is what he had to begin the next day.

2(80 - y) -y              This is what he had after the second day.

3[2(80 - y) - y]          This is what he had to begin the third day.

3[2(80 - y) - y] - y = 0  This is what he had after the third day.



On the last step I finally came up with an equation to solve for how

many heads of lettuce the produce manager sold each day.  Now, I

simply solved for y.



3[2(80 - y) - y] - y = 0

3(160 - 2y - y) - y = 0

3(160 - 3y) - y = 0

480 - 9y - y = 0

480 - 10y = 0

480 = 10y

y = 48



Now, I know that the number of heads of lettuce that the produce

manager sold each day was 48.  Then I checked my work by plugging 48

into the original eqaution for y.



3[2(80 - 48) - 48] - 48 = 0

3(160 - 96 - 48) - 48 = 0

3(16) - 48 = 0

48 - 48 = 0

0 = 0



48 is the amount of heads of lettuce sold each day.


From:  Mariko Furukawa, age 16
School:  Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
He sold 48 heads of lettuce each day.

Follow what the produce manager did. Let the number of lettuce he

has, Y.

Monday -  Got 80 heads of lettuce.

          Sold some of them which we don't know how many, so make the

          number of lettuce he sold variable, X.

          Y=(80-X)

Tuesday - Doubled the left overs.

          Sold the same number of heads of lettuce as on Monday.

          Y=2(80-X)-X

Wednesday-Tripled the left overs from Tuesday.

          Sold the same number of heads of lettuce as other days.

          Y=3{2(80-X)-X}-X

Now the end of the Wednesday, there were no heads of lettuce left. So

we can set the variable, Y that is the number of lettuce he has

equals zero.

      3{2(80-X)-X}-X=0           Check the answer.

       3{160-2X-X}-X=0           Monday     (80-X)=80-48=32

         480-6X-3X-X=0           Tuesday    2(32)-48=16

             480-10X=0           Wednesday  3(16)-48=0

                -10X=-480        There are no heads of lettuce left.

                   X=48


From:  Asher Walkover, age 16
School:  Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, NY
The grocer sold 48 lettuces every day. (Who would have guessed green

veggies were so popular? Ich)

Let the number of lettuces that the man started out with equal y.

(Sure, we are told y is 80, but since formulas look fancier with more

letters, I'm not going to add that in until the end).



We are told that on Monday a number of lettuces were sold... a number

that I will say is equal to x. At the end of monday y-x lettuces

remain.



The number of lettuces is then doubled, and 2(y-x)=2y-2x, so on

Tuesday morn' there are 2y-2x lettuces in the stall. Tuesday night

rolls around and, lo and behold, x more lettuces are gone. There are

now (2y-2x)-x lettuces left, or 2y-3x.



Of course, 2y-3x lettuces is not the kind of thing a man can live off

(have you ever tried selling 2y-3x lettuces? It's not easy!), so our

industrious grocer says "POOF", and triples the amount of lettuces.

3(2y-3x) is equal to 6y-9x, so when the store opens for business on

Wednesday, 6y-9x lettuces are for sale.



Wednesday night comes and a bright moon shines over a happy

lettuce-seller and empty lettuce-market. This mathematically inclined

businessman does some quick arithmatic and finds that, believe it or not, x

lettuces were sold. Since there are now 0 lettuces, 6y-9x-x=0



6y-9x-x=0     so combining x terms...

6y-10x=0      adding 10x to both sides...

6y=10x        and finally deviding by 10...

6y/10=x



Since when this entrepreneur of a grocer first opened business on

Monday he had 80 lettuces, y=80, and...



6y/10=x       replacing y with 80...

6(80)/10=x    and working out the equation...

48=x



Therefore our happy green-grocer sold 48 lettuces each day



To check, I will subtract 48 (x) from the 80 (y) lettuces he started out with,

and get 32 - The number remaining at the end of Monday. I will double this

number, in imitation of our produce-manager, to find that there were 64 heads

of lettuce on the stall before business opened on Tuesday. 48 of these were

sold, so on Tuesday night 16 heads remianed. Tripling this number I see that

there are 48 lettuces for sale on Wednesday, and when those 48 are sold, 0

remain.



... hmmm... 93 cents each... 8% sales tax... change of a 50...hmm...


From:  Josh Clayton, age 15
School:  Rockford High School, Rockford, MI
Each day, 48 heads of lettuce were sold.

Okay, what I did was go through the information step-by-step to make

sure I copied the information correctly.  Here is my information I

extracted from the problem



sold x on Monday

80 - x = Monday extra

2(80 - x) - x = Tuesday extra

3(2(80 - x) - x) - x = Wednesday extra



Then, all I did was solve for x to find how many were sold.



3(2(80 - x) - x) - x = 0

3(160 - 2x - x) - x = 0

480 - 9x - x = 0

480 - 10x = 0

-10x = -480

x = 48



Next, I checked my answer.



Monday extra

80 - 48 = 32



Tuesday before selling

32*2 = 64



Tuesday extra

64 - 48 = 16



Wednesday before

16*3 = 48



Wednesday extra

48 - 48 = 0



It checks.


From:  Steven Barnaby, age 15
School:  Scottsburg High School, Scottsburg, IN
There  were 48 heads of lettuce sold each day.

Let x = number of heads of lettuce sold the first day

y = the number left over the first day

z =  the number left over the second day



Monday     80 - x = y

Tuesday    2y - x = z

Wednesday     3z -x = 0





By substitution    3(2y-x) - x  = 0

                          6y - 3x -x =0

                          6y - 4x = 0

by substitution again

                        6(80 - x) - 4x = 0

                        480 - 6x -4x = 0

                         480 - 10x = 0

                               +10x      +10x

                         480 = 10x

                         480/10 = 10x/10

                         48 = x



To check find all variables and check



Using the equation for Monday and more substitution

80 - 48 = y

32 = y



Then, using Tues and substitution



2(32) - 48 = z

64 - 48 = z

 16 = z



Monday    80 - 48 = 32

Tuesday   2 (32) - 48 = 16

Wed.         3(16) -48 = 0




From:  Tien Nguyen, age 14
School:  Johnson Middle School, Westminster, CA
48 lettuces were sold each day.

x=number of lettuce sold each day



Day           number of lettuce            number of lettuce at

                                            the end of the day



Monday         80                           80-x

Tuesday        2(80-x)                      2(80-x)-x

Wednesday      3(2(80-x)-x)                 3(2(80-x)-x)-x=0



At the beginning of Monday there are 80 lettuce. At the end of the

day some lettuce were sold. 80-x. x is the number of lettuce that

were sold.  At the beginning of Tuesday the manager doubled the left

over from yesterday. The left over from yesterday is 80-x so At the

beginning of Tuesday there are 2(80-x) lettuce. At the end of Tuesday

the same number of lettuce were sold like yesterday which is x so

it's 2(80-x)-x.  On Wednesday the manager tripled the number of

lettuce leftover from yesterday so it's 3(2(80-x)-x).  He sold the

same amount of lettuce on Wednesday too and at the end of the day

there were no lettuce left so it's 3(2(80-x)-x)-x=0



   After I got the equation I solved it for x.

             3(2(80-x)-x)-x=0

             3(160-2x-x)-x=0

             3(160-3x)-x=0

             480-9x-x=0

             480-10x=0

             480=10x

             480/10=10x/10

              48=x

x=48.  This means that the number of lettuce sold each day is 48.

I checked my work by putting 48 in the x place.



Day            number of lettuce         number of lettuce

                                          at the end of the day

Monday           80                         80-48=32

Tuesday          2(32)=64                   64-48=16

Wednesday        3(16)=48                   48-48=0



It works! at the end of Wednesday there are no lettuce left so it's

right.




From:  Kim Schneider, age 16
School:  Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
There were 48 heads of lettuce sold on each day.

The first step I did was to form the equation 80 - x = y.  80 is the

original amount of lettuce, x is the number of lettuce sold which is

unknown, and y is the number left after the first day.  Since the

remainder was doubled the next day and the same amount of lettuce was

sold as the first day another equation can be formed, 2y - x = z.

Multiply y times two because that would be double the remainder of

the first day, then subtract x because that is the number sold, and z

would be the amount left after the second day.  A third equation

still must be made for the number sold on the last day.  This

equation is 3z - x = 0.  z would be multiplied by 3 because the

remainder of the previous day was tripled, and again you would

subtract x because that was the same amount sold in the previous

days.  The equation equals zero because there was no lettuce left

after that day.  Now using these three equations you can solve for

x.  First I made the third equation equal to x, 3z = x.  Then I

substituted 3z in for x in the first two equations.  Next i set these

two equations equal to y, 80 - 3z = y and y = 2z.  Since both these

equations are equal to y then they are equal to each other, 80 - 3z =

2z.  This reduces the variables to be solved for to one.  After

solving for z you find that it equals 16, but since you want to know

the number of heads of lettuce sold each day you are not done.  You

need to solve for the variable x.  If z = 16 this can be substituted

in the equation 3z = x, 3z(16) = x.  This tells that x = 48.  Now

this can be substituted in the three equations to check if it is

correct.  80 - (48) = 32        2(32) - 48 = 16     3(16)

- (48)  = 0

Since all three equations came out right the answer is correct.  This

also shows that y = 32 which was not yet found.


From:  Lindsay Wolfson, age 16
School:  Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
There are 48 heads of lettuce sold each day.

Lindsay Wolfson

        Problem of the Week









      Began       Sold  Left over

Monday    80             X   (80-X)

Tuesday   2(80-X)    X  2(80-X)-X

Wednesday 3(2(80-X)-X)   X  3(2(80-X)-X)-X ) or  0





Since each day  X amount of lettuce is sold and on Tuesday and

Wednesday the amount left over is doubled and tripled respectively.,

then since  there is none left on Wednesday:





 3(2(80-X)-X)-X  = 0

 3(160-2X)-X)-X  = 0

     480-6X-3X-X =  0

    480-10X  =  0

              480=10X

               48= X



So if you put 48 into the chart then



    Began                  Sold   Left over

Monday       80                 48   (80-48)=32

Tuesday      2(80-48)2(32)=64   48  2(80-48)-4864-48=16

Wednesda     3(2(80-48)-48)=48  48  3(2(80-48)-48)-48 )

                                             48-48=0

    48 heads of lettuce are sold each day


From:  HuiJun Chew, age 16
HuiMei Chew, age 16
School:  Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore, Singapore
48 heads of lettuce were sold each day.

Let x be the number of heads of lettuce sold each day.



No. of heads left on Monday=80-x

No. of heads on display on Tuesday=2(80-x)=160-2x

No. of heads left on Tuesday=160-2x-x=160-3x

No. of heads on display on Wednesday=3(160-3x)=480-9x

No. of heads left on Wednesday=480-9x-x=480-10x=0



                 480-10x=0

                     10x=480

         Therefore,    x=48

CHECK:

if x=48,

No. of heads left on Monday=80-48=32

No. of heads on display on Tuesday=2(32)=64

No. of heads left on Tuesday=64-48=16

No. of heads on display on Wednesday=3(16)=48

No. of heads left on Wednesday=48-48=0 (Q.E.D)


From:  Martin Angert, age 14
School:  Holland Junior High School, Holland, PA
48 heads of lettuce were sold each day.

For this problem all that has to be done is to make an equation that

answers the problem. This is it: ((80-x+80-x)-x)3-x = 0, where x is

the number of heads of lettuce he sold each day. This equation works

because he sold x heads on the first day and then doubled it

(80-x+80-x). Then he sold x heads of lettuce (80-+80-x)-x. Then he

tripled it ((80-x+80-x)-x)3. Then he sold x again and was left with

zero      ((80-x+80-x)-x)3-x = 0. So when worked out this is what the

problem looks like.

((160-2x)-x)3-x=0

480-6x-3x-x=0

480-10x=0

480=10x

48=x



This means that each day he sold 48 heads of lettuce. Now to check

the problem.

(80-48+80-48)-48)3-48=0

(64-48)3-48=0

48-48=0

0=0 AHA it works




From:  Martin McNicoll, age 19
School:  Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
48 heads of lettuce were sold each day.

First set the number of heads sold each day as X.



The number of heads left on Monday is thus 80-X as there were 80 to

start with.



As the mananger doubles the number of heads before opening on

Tuesday, the number of heads left on Tuesday is



2(80-X)-X



Before opening on Wednesday the manager triples this amount and when

X heads are again sold, there are none left so



3[ 2(80-X)-X ]-X=0



Now this equation is linear and only in X so it should be easy to

solve.



Getting rid of the brackets and simplifying gives



10X = 480



Solving this gives



X=48



Now let's check whether this really works.



Start off with 80 heads.



On Monday 48 are sold leaving 32.



Manager doubles this to give 64 of which 48 are sold on Tuesday,

leaving 16.



Manager now triples this amount to give 48 and 48 are sold leaving

none.



This agrees with the condition set by the problem.


From:  Allan Espinosa, age 14
School:  Philippine Science High School, Quezon City, Philippines
They sold 48 lettuce heads each day

let x be the no. of lettuce heads sold each day.
Number of Lettuce heads
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Stocks 80 2(80-x) 3(160-3x)
Stocks Sold x x x
Stocks left 80-x 160-3x 0
Equation:

3(160-3x)-x=0
480-9x-x=0
480-10x=0
-10x=-480
x=48

They sold 48 lettuce heads each day

Checking:
Number of Lettuce heads
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Stocks 80 64 48
Stocks Sold 48 48 48
Stocks left 32 16 0



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Jamie Stark, age 16 - Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Nathan Strauss, age 11 - Forsyth School, St. Louis, MO
David Sumpter, age 15 - South Medford High School, Medford, OR
Josh Sztorc, age 14 - Sawgrass Springs Middle, Coral Springs, FL
Bryant Taylor, age 16 - Edgren High School, Misawa, Japan
Melissa Tengowski, age 15 - Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Danelle Thompson, age 16 - Redmond High School, Redmond, OR
Bob Tobin, age 16 - Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Peter Tran, age 10 - Summer Hill Public School, Sydney, Australia
Alex Tuchel-Veyhl, age 11 - Forsyth School, St. Louis, MO
David Turner, age 15 - Moreau Catholic High school, Hayward, CA
Craig Vetter, age 15 - Marple Newtown Senior High School, Newtown Square, PA
Asher Walkover, age 16 - Rambam Mesivta, Lawrence, NY
Jason Walther, age 16 - Unity High School, Balsam Lake, WI
Diane Wang, age 15 - Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, VT
Theresa Wang, age 15 - Marple Newtown Senior High School, Newtown Square, PA
Peter Westergaard, age 25+ - University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo, Canada
James Western, age 15 - Wallkill Valley High School, Hamburg, NJ
Michael White, age 16 - Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Nathan White, age 15 - South Medford High School, Medford, OR
Brian Wineberg, age 16 - Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Doug Wolfe, age 16 - Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Lindsay Wolfson, age 16 - Shaler Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Amy Yarnell, age 16 - Marple Newtown Senior High School, Newtown Square, PA
Chan Zheng Ming, age 13 - The Chinese High School, Singapore, Singapore
Xiao Zhu, age 15 - Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax, Canada

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