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A store owener sells two pairs of running shoes for each pair of high tops. He plans to order 144 pairs of shoes. How many pairs
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A store owener sells two pairs of running shoes for each pair of high tops. He plans to order 144 pairs of shoes. How many pairs should be high tops?
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Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's first set up where x will show the number of high tops. 2x will represent the number of running shoes. Now we can set up and equation:
x+2x=144 Combine like terms
3x=144 Divide both sides by 3
x=48
This shoes us that 48 high tops will be sold and 96 Running shoes will be sold.
RJ Toftness
www.math-unlock.com
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"A store owener sells two pairs of running shoes for each pair of high tops" ___ r = 2h
"He plans to order 144 pairs of shoes" ___ r + h = 144
two unknowns (r and h) and two equations
substituting ___ (2h) + h = 144 ___ h = 48
substituting ___ r = 2(48) = 96
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