document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1112216>Question 1112216</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A&#8203; girls' softball team is raising money for uniforms and travel expenses. They are selling flats of bedding plants for &#8203;$10.00 and hanging baskets for &#8203;$27.00. They hope to sell three times as many flats of bedding plants as hanging baskets. If they&#8203; do, their total revenue will be &#8203;$5700. How many flats of bedding plants do they hope to&#8203; sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since they want to sell three times as many flats of bedding plants as hanging baskets, consider \"packages\" of 3 flats and 1 hanging basket.  The cost of each of those packages would be 3*$10+$27 = $57.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "To have sales of $5700, they would have to sell 100 of those packages.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since each of those packages contains 3 flats of bedding plants, the number of flats they hope to sell is 100*3 = 300. </SPAN>\n" );
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