SOLUTION: A hotel purchased 38 bath towels and 61 washcloths for a total cost of $791.50. Find the individual prices of the bath towels and washcloths.
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Question 1776: A hotel purchased 38 bath towels and 61 washcloths for a total cost of $791.50. Find the individual prices of the bath towels and washcloths.
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you cannot solve this. There is not enough information. You have 2 things you do not know but only 1 thing relating them. The mimimum requirement for any equation is an equal number of "equations" for the number of unknowns
Jon
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