Sales for a company were 6 million dollars more the second year than the first, and sales for the third year were tripled the sales for the second year. if sales for the third year were 24 million dollars, what were sales, in millions of dollars, for the first year?

Sales for the first year were 2 millions of dollars

Solving linear equation mean calculating the unknown variable from the equation.

Let the linear equation : y = mx + c

If we draw the above equation on Cartesian Coordinates , it will be a straight line with :

m → gradient of the line

( 0 , c ) → y - intercept

Gradient of the line could also be calculated from two arbitrary points on line ( x₁ , y₁ ) and ( x₂ , y₂ ) with the formula :

If point ( x₁ , y₁ ) is on the line with gradient m , the equation of the line will be :

Let us tackle the problem!

Let:

Sales for the first year = s₁

Sales for the second year = s₂

Sales for the third year = s₃

Given:

s₂ = 6 + s₁

s₃ = 3s₂

s₃ = 24

Unknown:

s₁ = ?

Solution:

Sales for the first year = 2 millions of dollars

Grade: High School

Subject: Mathematics

Chapter: Function

Keywords: Function , Trigonometric , Linear , Quadratic

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