SOLUTION: Harlan wants to buy new socks. He needs to buy 3 times as many athletic socks as he does dress socks. Dress socks cost $5 per pair and athletic socks cost $3 per pair. If he spends
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Question 1048883: Harlan wants to buy new socks. He needs to buy 3 times as many athletic socks as he does dress socks. Dress socks cost $5 per pair and athletic socks cost $3 per pair. If he spends $42, how many pairs does he buy of each type? Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let d represent dress socks. Then athletic socks would be 3d. So:
5d+3(3d)=42
14d=42
d=3
Harlan buys 3 pairs of dress socks, and 9 pairs of athletic socks. ☺☺☺☺
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