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Question 343714: In your job selling knives, you have two different sets available. The better set sells for $35.00 and the cheaper set for $20.00. Last week you sold more of the cheaper set, in fact twice as many as the better sets. Your receipts for the week totaled $525.00. How many of the better sets did you sell?
Question: What is the equation.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! In your job selling knives, you have two different sets available.
The better set sells for $35.00 and the cheaper set for $20.00.
Last week you sold more of the cheaper set, in fact twice as many as the better sets. Your receipts for the week totaled $525.00. How many of the better sets did you sell?
Question: What is the equation.
Equations:
c = 2b
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20(2b)+35b = 525
75b = 525
better = 7 (# of better sets sold)
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