document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974391>Question 974391</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A shop sells a total of 55 Shirts one day. They sell them in the ratio of 8:3, mens shirts to womens shirts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many mens shirts do they sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m = # of mens shirts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = # of womens shirts\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"A shop sells a total of 55 Shirts one day\" tells us that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2Bw+=+55 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2Bw+=+55\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Solve for w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2Bw-m+=+55-m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2Bw-m+=+55-m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"They sell them in the ratio of 8:3, mens shirts to womens shirts\" which allows us to form this proportion <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2Fw+=+8%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2Fw+=+8%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2Fw+=+8%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2Fw+=+8%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m+=+8w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m+=+8w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Cross multiply\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m+=+8%2855+-+m%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m+=+8%2855+-+m%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Plug in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w+=+55-m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w+=+55-m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Now solve for m.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m+=+8%2855%29+%2B+8%28-m%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m+=+8%2855%29+%2B+8%28-m%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Distribute\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11m+=+440 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11m+=+440\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m+=+40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m+=+40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question: <font color=\"blue\">How many mens shirts do they sell?</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: <font size = 5 color=\"red\">40</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Extra Work: Use that value of m to find w.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w+=+55-m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w+=+55-m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w+=+55-40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w+=+55-40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Plug in m = 40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 15 womens shirts were sold.\r<BR>\n" );
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