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Question 1127604: Glenn budgets 1/6 of his weekly allowance for entertainment. Glenn’s entertainment bill is $29. What is his weekly allowance?
Sheffield Corporation sells sets of pots ($14) and dishes ($12) at a local charity. On Labor Day weekend. Sheffield’s total sales were $1,080. People bought three times as many pots as dishes. How many dishes did Sheffield sell?
Brian Smith sells sets of movie posters ($12) and baseball cards ($8) at a local flea market. On last Sunday, Brian’s total sales were $840. People bought four times as many movie posters as baseball cards. How much did Brian make on the movie posters?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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Therefore, I will solve only one problem in my post.
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Sheffield Corporation sells sets of pots ($14) and dishes ($12) at a local charity. On Labor Day weekend,
Sheffield’s total sales were $1,080. People bought three times as many pots as dishes. How many dishes did Sheffield sell?
Solution
Let x be the number of dishes.
Then the number of pots is 3x, according to the condition.
Thus your "money" equation is
dishes + pots = total revenue, or
12*x + 14*(3x) = 1080 dollars.
12x + 42x = 1080
56x = 1080
x = 1080/54 = 20.
ANSWER. 20 dishes.
Solved.
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The next problem regarding "Brian Smith selling sets of movie posters and baseball cards", is a TWIN to this solved problem.
Therefore, you can solve "the Brian Smith" problem BY THE SAME WAY, using my solution above as a TEMPLATE.
Good luck and happy solving !
Have a nice day !
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