SOLUTION: The alterations store on berch street charges $13 to hem a pair of jeans and $14 to hem a pair of cuffed pants. The alteration store on westland avenue charges $11 to hem a pair of

Question 441749: The alterations store on berch street charges $13 to hem a pair of jeans and $14 to hem a pair of cuffed pants. The alteration store on westland avenue charges $11 to hem a pair of jeans and $16 to hem a pair of cuffed pants. Roxanne has three pairs of cuffed pants that need to be hemmed. How many pairs of jeans will she need to get hemmed to make the alteration store on westland ave a better deal than the alteration store on berch street?
Answer by rwm(914) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
13j+14*3=11j+16*3
3 pair of jeans and three cuffed cost the same
so more than 3 would make it cheaper.

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