document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201904>Question 201904</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this problem. Thank you!!!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Retail Sales of Sweatshirts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sandy's Sweatshirt Shop sells college sweatshirts. White sell for $18.95 each and red ones sell for $19.50 each. If receipts for the sale of 30 sweatshirts total $572.90, how many of each color did the shop sell? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #152148 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=PRMath><B>PRMath(133)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=PRMath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=152148\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sandy's Sweatshirt Shop sells college sweatshirts. White sell for $18.95 each and red ones sell for $19.50 each. If receipts for the sale of 30 sweatshirts total $572.90, how many of each color did the shop sell? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Word problems.  Blech.   Let's get rid of info you don't need, such as the name of the store etc.  Those are just added on words that muddy the water.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Essentially you have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "White shirts at $18.95 each  (Let's label these as \"W\")<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Red shirts at $19.50 each  (Let's label these as \"R\")<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total shirts sold:  30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total price for shirts:  $572.90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, you have to think that a number of white shirts times 18.95 PLUS a number of red shirts times 19.50....... MINUS the number of white shirts sold....... will give you the total price.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The way you write this equation is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18.95W + 19.50R(30 - w) = 572.90   (See where the total number of shirts LESS the number of white shirts (30 - w) sold was slipped into the equation?)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now that you have your equation, you solve........\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18.95W + 585 - 19.50W = 572.90  (distributed 19.50 times 30 plus 19.50 times w)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.55W + 585 = 572.9  (combined the 18.95W - 19.50W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.55W = -12.10 (subtracted 585 from both sides)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 22  (divided both sides by -.55)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sooooo, we have 22 shirts were white.  Then how many shirts were red?  Well, there were 30 sold in total, soooo, if 22 were white, then 8 were red.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Does this check out?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W = 22 white shirts with a total white price of 416.90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R =  9 red shirts,  with a total red prices of...  156.00\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TOTAL price (add two prices above..........)       572.90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OH so it works!  Niiiiiiiice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps. :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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