SOLUTION: 40 students bought caps at the baseball game. Plain Caps cost 4.00 each and detailed Caps cost 6.00 each. If the total bill was 336.00 how many students bought the detailed cap?

Question 350696: 40 students bought caps at the baseball game. Plain Caps cost 4.00 each and detailed Caps cost 6.00 each. If the total bill was 336.00 how many students bought the detailed cap?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
PROBLEM DOES NOT COMPUTE:
IF all the $6 hats were sold the total sales would be 6*40=$240
No combination of $6 & $4 hats would result in $336 sales.
PROOF:
6x+4(40-x)=336
6x+160-4x=336
2x=336-160
2x=176
X=176/2
X=88 number of $6 hats which exceeds the total of 40 hats sold.
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