SOLUTION: sporting store sold twice as many t-shirts as shorts. T-shirts are 9.00 each, and shorts are 14.00 each. the total amunt of money taken in for both items was 256.00 find the number
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Question 209990: sporting store sold twice as many t-shirts as shorts. T-shirts are 9.00 each, and shorts are 14.00 each. the total amunt of money taken in for both items was 256.00 find the number for each that was sold
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t=2s
9t+14s=256
9*2s+14s=256
18s+14s=256
32s=256
s=256/32
s=$8.00 for each pair of shorts
t=2*8=$16.00 for each t-shirt.
Proof
9*16+14*8=256
144+112=256
256=256
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