document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=259669>Question 259669</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A sweatshirt with a name costs $8.95, and a sweatshirt with a picture of a rock band costs $9.50. If 30 sweatshirts were sold one day for a total of $272.90, how many of each kind were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the other shirts sold will be 30 -x. ( since total shirts sold was 30.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9.5x  is the amount received for selling rock band shirts.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (30-x)x 8.95 is the amount recieved for selling name shirts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so 9.5x + (30-x) x 8.95 = $ 272.90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9.5x + 268.5 - 8.95x = $ 272.90  ( remove brackets)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.55x = 272.90-268.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.55x = $ 4.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 4.4 / 0.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30-x = 22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rock band shirts sold 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Name shirt sold 22\r<BR>\n" );
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