document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=620084>Question 620084</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having trouble with a word problem.  The question is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Runyon Co. sells T-shirts for $4 and shorts for $5. If total sales were $850 and people bought three times as many T-shirts as shorts, what would be the number of T-shirts and shorts sold?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think that shorts should be X and shirts should be 3X, but I'm not sure how to figure the rest.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for your help,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lance </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I think that shorts should be X and shirts should be 3X, but I'm not sure how to figure the rest. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Quantity Eq::: T = 3S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value Eq::::; 4T + 5S = 850<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"T\" and solve for \"S\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(3S) + 5S = 850<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17S = 850<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = 50 (# of shorts sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"T\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T = 3S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T = 3*50 = 150 (# of T-shirts sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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