SOLUTION: A store sells 3 times as many women’s shoes as
men’s shoes. Each week it is able to buy 560 pairs
of shoes from the factory. How many of these
pairs should be men’s shoes?
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Question 965941: A store sells 3 times as many women’s shoes as
men’s shoes. Each week it is able to buy 560 pairs
of shoes from the factory. How many of these
pairs should be men’s shoes?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: Solve the system
x = number of men's shoes, y = number of women's shoes
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