A car dealership sells SUVs and passenger cars. For a recent year, 80 more SUVs were sold than passenger cars. If a total of 510 vehicles were sold, determine the number of each type of vehicle sold.

295 SUVs were sold, and 215 passenger vehicles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let s and p represent the number of SUVs and p the number of passenger cars.

Then s = p + 80 and s + p = 510.

Substitute p + 80 for s in the second equation, obtaining:

p + 80 + p = 510, or:

2p = 430

Dividing both sides by 2 isolates p: p = 215.

Since s = p + 80, we add 80 to 215 here, obtaining s = 295.

295 SUVs were sold, and 215 passenger vehicles.