In country a, about five times as many cars are manufactured per day than in country b. if the total number of these cars manufactured per day is 39,612, find the number manufactured in country b and the number manufactured in country a.

Let x be the number of cars manufactured per day in county A.
Let y be that of cars manufactured per day in county B.

x+y= 39,612
but x= 5y equation (1)
So: 5y+y= 39,612
6y= 39,612
y= 6,602 cars
Substitute y= 6,602 in equation (1):
x= 5(6,602)
x= 33,010
So the number manufactured in county A is 33,010 cars and the number manufactured in county B is 6,602 cars.