document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #249595 by nyc_function(2741)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the number of t-shirts be 'n'.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "She paid n * $5 for all of them\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "She sold 12(n - 10).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Profit = sales - cost\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Profit = 12(n - 10) - 5n = 1000\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "12n - 120 - 5n = 1000\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "7n = 1120\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "n = 160\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, the number of shirts was 160. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |