SOLUTION: Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed T-shirts as silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?

Question 1195478: Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed T-shirts as silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed T-shirts as silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed T-shirts as silk-screened shirts.
He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?
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x silk-screened shirts and 4x tie-dyed T-shirts. x + 4x = 240 total shirts sold. 5x = 240 x = 240/5 = 48. ANSWER. 48*4 = 192 tie-dyed T-shirts sold.

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SOLUTION: Last week at a​ festival, a man sold 4 times as many​ tie-dyed T-shirts as​ silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many​ tie-dyed shirts did he​ sell?

SOLUTION: Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed T-shirts as silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?