SOLUTION: Emily bought T-shirts for resale. She paid $5 for each T-shirt,and she sold all but 10 for $12 each. Her profit was $1000. How many T-shirts did she buy?

SOLUTION: Emily bought T-shirts for resale. She paid $5 for each T-shirt,and she sold all but 10 for $12 each. Her profit was $1000. How many T-shirts did she buy?

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Question 348996: Emily bought T-shirts for resale. She paid $5 for each T-shirt,and she sold all but 10 for $12 each. Her profit was $1000. How many T-shirts did she buy?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of t-shirts be 'n'.

She paid n * $5 for all of them

She sold 12(n - 10).

Profit = sales - cost

Profit = 12(n - 10) - 5n = 1000

12n - 120 - 5n = 1000

7n = 1120

n = 160

So, the number of shirts was 160.

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