SOLUTION: A person buys 5 pairs of gloves for every coat. Altogether the person spent $2475, and gloves costed $45/pair while coats were $600 each. How many gloves and coats were purchas

Question 1179402: A person buys 5 pairs of gloves for every coat. Altogether the person spent $2475,
and gloves costed $45/pair while coats were $600 each. How many gloves and coats
were purchased?
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, MathLover1:
Answer by greenestamps(13216) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Mentally, in a few seconds, using estimation....

4 coats would cost $2400, leaving only $75 for the gloves; that's not enough.
So try 3 coats for $1800; that means 5*3=15 pairs of gloves for 15($45)=$675, making the total $2475. That's it....

Algebraically....

let x be the number of coats
then 5x is the number of pairs of gloves

The total cost is $2475:

Solve using basic algebra; I leave that to you.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the number of coats and
if a person buys pairs of gloves for every coat, the number of pairs of gloves will be
the price: if gloves costed $ per pair while coats were $ each

then
the number of coats is and the number of pairs of gloves is
check how much it cost:

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