2. Ron Co. sold sweatshirts ($20) and baseball caps ($10). If total sales were $2,860 and people bought 6 times as many sweatshirts as caps, how many of each were sold
Let the number of caps sold = x....so the number of sweatshirts = 6x
And we have ... price * quantity sold = sales
10x + 20(6x) = 2860 simplify
10x + 120x = 2860
130x = 2860 divide by 130 on each side
x = 22 ....... that's the number of caps sold
And 6(22) = 132 .... that's the number of sweatshirts sold
Let the number of caps sold = x....so the number of sweatshirts = 6x
And we have ... price * quantity sold = sales
10x + 20(6x) = 2860 simplify
10x + 120x = 2860
130x = 2860 divide by 130 on each side
x = 22 ....... that's the number of caps sold
And 6(22) = 132 .... that's the number of sweatshirts sold