SOLUTION: A sporting goods store sold twice as many baseballs as bats. Balls were $9 and bats were $14. $256 dollars were made by both products combined. How many of each was sold?

Question 208057: A sporting goods store sold twice as many baseballs as bats. Balls were $9 and bats were $14. $256 dollars were made by both products combined. How many of each was sold?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A sporting goods store sold twice as many baseballs as bats. Balls were $9 and bats were $14. $256 dollars were made by both products combined. How many of each was sold?
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Let B = # of Baseballs; Let b = # of bats
Quantity: B = 2b
Value::::9B + 14b = 256
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Substitute for "B" to solve for "b":
9(2b) + 14b = 256
32b = 256
b = 8 (# of bats sold)
B = 2b = 16 (# of balls sold)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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