Sales for a business were 3 million dollars more in the second year than in the first, and sales for the third year were double the sales of the second year. If sales for the third year were 38 million dollars, what were the sales in millions of dollars for the first year?

A. 16
B. 17.5
C. 20.5
D. 22
E. 35

The sales in million of dollar, for the first year is **16 million **in dollars.
What are sales ?
"In general business operations,** sales **refer to any transactions where money or value is exchanged for the ownership of a good or entitlement to a service."
Given,
The **sales **for the third year is 38 million dollars.
Let the** sales** for the first year be x
and the **sales **for the second year be y
So, x+3 = y;
Sales for the third year = 2 ( x + 3 )
\3 8 = 2 ( y ) 38 = 2 ( x + 3 )
i.e. x = 16
Hence,** option A is correct. **
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Answered by AnkitaSi | 2024-06-16

a:16 38/2=19 Then minus 3

Answered by jakehambleton | 2024-06-27

The sales for the first year were determined to be 16 million dollars. This was calculated based on the relationship between the sales in the first, second, and third years. Therefore, the correct answer is option A: 16.
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Answered by jakehambleton | 2024-08-26