SOLUTION: Store sold twice as many t-shirts as shorts. T-shirts are $9 each and shorts are $14 each. The total amount of money taken in for both was $256. Find the number of each that was

Question 48924: Store sold twice as many t-shirts as shorts. T-shirts are $9 each and shorts are $14 each. The total amount of money taken in for both was $256. Find the number of each that was sold.
Found 2 solutions by Nate, venugopalramana:
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t-shirts = t
shorts = s
and
Combine:

Plug:

16 t-shirts and 8 shorts were sold.
Answer by venugopalramana(3286) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Store sold twice as many t-shirts(T) as shorts(S). T-shirts are $9 each and shorts are $14 each. The total amount of money taken in for both was $256. Find the number of each that was sold.
T=2S
COST OF T SHIRTS =9T=9*2S=18S....SINCE T=2S
COST OF S SHORTS =14S
TOTAL COST = 18S+14S=256
32S=256
S=256/32=8
S=8 AND T=2*8=16

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