SOLUTION: Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed t-shirts as silk-screened shirts. He sold 235 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 235 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?

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Question 792641: Last week at a festival, a man sold 4 times as many tie-dyed t-shirts as silk-screened shirts. He sold 235 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4x+x=235
x=235/5
x=47
4x=188
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