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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

 Oct 26, 2014

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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

 

 Oct 26, 2014
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Best Answer

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

 

CPhill Oct 26, 2014

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