Each week, Mrs. Wolters offers up a new ACT challenge question. Be one of the first five students to find her in rm. 100 with the correct answer, and you could receive a candy prize. Have fun!

The answer to last week’s question:  B

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Moos for answering correctly!

Week #11: Math

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

A.  16

B.  17.5

C.  22

D.  35