SOLUTION: One day a store sold 17 sweatshirts. White ones cost $9.95 and yellow ones cost $13.50. In all, 211.75 worth of sweatshirts were sold. How many of each color were sold

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Question 932133: One day a store sold 17 sweatshirts. White ones cost $9.95 and yellow ones cost $13.50.
In all, 211.75 worth of sweatshirts were sold. How many of each color were sold

Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, Stitch:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of yellow
$13.50x + $9.95(17-x) = $211.75
x = (211.75-17•9.95)/3.55 = 12 the number of yellow. White: 5
And...checking
12•$13.50 + 5•$9.95 = 211.75
Will Leave the checking calculation to You.

Answer by Stitch(470)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let W = number of White shirts
Let Y = number of Yellow shirts
Since we have two variables, we need two equations.
Equation 1:
Equation 2:
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Start by solving equation 1 for one of the variables
Equation 1:

Plug (17-Y) into equation 2 for W
Equation 2:

Simplify

Combine like terms

Subtract 169.15 from both sides

Divide both sides by 3.55

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Using Y=12, solve for W



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