SOLUTION: Paint Town, Inc. sold 45 paintbrushes, one kind at $8.50 each and another at $9.75 each. In all, $389.75 was taken in as revenue. How many of each kind of brush were sold?

SOLUTION: Paint Town, Inc. sold 45 paintbrushes, one kind at $8.50 each and another at $9.75 each. In all, $389.75 was taken in as revenue. How many of each kind of brush were sold?

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Question 273282: Paint Town, Inc. sold 45 paintbrushes, one kind at $8.50 each and another at $9.75 each. In all, $389.75 was taken in as revenue. How many of each kind of brush were sold?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= number of $8.50 brushes sold
= number of $9.75 brushes sold
given:
(1)
(2) (in cents)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract from (2)
I'd do it, but I lost my calculator
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