document.write( "Question 78406: A sporting goods store sells right-handed and left-handed baseball gloves. In one month, 12 gloves were sold for total revenue of $561. Right-handed gloves cost $45 and left-handed gloves cost $52. Howmany of each type of glove did they sell? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #56233 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A sporting goods store sells right-handed and left-handed baseball gloves. In one month, 12 gloves were sold for total revenue of $561. Right-handed gloves cost $45 and left-handed gloves cost $52. Howmany of each type of glove did they sell? \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let # of right-handed gloves sold be \"x\"; value is 45x dollars \n" ); document.write( "-------- \n" ); document.write( "# of left-handed gloves sold will be 12-x; value is 52(12-x)=624-52x dollars \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( "EQUATION: \n" ); document.write( "value + value = 561 \n" ); document.write( "45x + 624-52x = 561 \n" ); document.write( "-7x = -63 \n" ); document.write( "x=9 (# of right-handed gloves sold) \n" ); document.write( "12-9 = 3 (# of left-handed gloves sold) \n" ); document.write( "========== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |