document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=870812>Question 870812</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A girl wants to buy matching shirts for each participant of an event. The total bill for shirts was $1807.81 and she was not charged tax. She was surprised that shirts had gone up from last year when they were only $5. If she bought just enough shirts so that each participant received one pair, how many came to the event and how much was the cost of each shirt? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #525161 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><B>JulietG(1812)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=JulietG><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=525161\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We know that the cost of the shirts is more than $5.  We know that the total cost was $1807.81, and that each person received two shirts (a pair).  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What are the divisors of 180781?  293 and 617.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is no way for each person to receive a pair of shirts, yet have the total come up to an odd number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If they didn't get a pair, then one possibility is that there were 293 shirts made at a cost of $6.17 each. </SPAN>\n" );
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