SOLUTION: A shop sells a total of 55 Shirts one day. They sell them in the ratio of 8:3, mens shirts to womens shirts. How many mens shirts do they sell?

Question 974391: A shop sells a total of 55 Shirts one day. They sell them in the ratio of 8:3, mens shirts to womens shirts.
How many mens shirts do they sell?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

m = # of mens shirts
w = # of womens shirts

"A shop sells a total of 55 Shirts one day" tells us that . Solve for w

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"They sell them in the ratio of 8:3, mens shirts to womens shirts" which allows us to form this proportion

Cross multiply

Plug in . Now solve for m.

Distribute

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Question: How many mens shirts do they sell?
Answer: 40

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Extra Work: Use that value of m to find w.

Plug in m = 40

So 15 womens shirts were sold.
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