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One day a store sold 33 sweatshirts. White ones cost​ $9.95 and yellow ones cost $13.50. In​ all, ​$374.50 worth of sweatshirts were sold. How many of each color were​ sold?
The store sold
___ white sweatshirts.
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Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let white sweatshirts be and yellow
One day a store sold sweatshirts:
.....eq.1

White ones cost $ and yellow ones cost $. In all, $ worth of sweatshirts were sold.
.....eq.2

solve this system:
.....eq.1
.....eq.2
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.....eq.1...solve or
.....eq.1a
substitute in eq.2

.....eq.2..solve or





go to .....eq.1a,substitute for


so, white sweatshirts and yellow were sold

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I would be grateful for help breaking this down. Thank you.
One day a store sold 33 sweatshirts. White ones cost​ $9.95 and yellow ones cost $13.50. In​ all, ​$374.50 worth of sweatshirts were sold. How many of each color were​ sold?
The store sold
___ white sweatshirts.
Let number of white sold, be W

Then number of yellow sold = 33 - W

We then get: 9.95W + 13.5(33 - W) = 374.5

9.95W + 445.5 - 13.5W = 374.5

9.95W - 13.5W = 374.5 - 445.5

- 3.55W = - 71

W, or white sold = 

Number of yellow sold =  

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