document.write( "Question 209990: sporting store sold twice as many t-shirts as shorts. T-shirts are 9.00 each, and shorts are 14.00 each. the total amunt of money taken in for both items was 256.00 find the number for each that was sold
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t=2s
\n" ); document.write( "9t+14s=256
\n" ); document.write( "9*2s+14s=256
\n" ); document.write( "18s+14s=256
\n" ); document.write( "32s=256
\n" ); document.write( "s=256/32
\n" ); document.write( "s=$8.00 for each pair of shorts
\n" ); document.write( "t=2*8=$16.00 for each t-shirt.
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\n" ); document.write( "9*16+14*8=256
\n" ); document.write( "144+112=256
\n" ); document.write( "256=256
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