SOLUTION: ) Runyon Co. sells T-shirts ($4) and shorts ($5). If total sales were $850 and people bought three times as many T-shirts as shorts, what would be the number of T-shirts sold?

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Question 1083550: ) Runyon Co. sells T-shirts ($4) and shorts ($5). If total sales were $850 and people bought three times as many T-shirts as shorts, what would be the number of T-shirts sold?


Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t T-shirts
s Shorts

system%284t%2B5s=850%2Ct%2Fs=3%29
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4%283s%29%2B5s=850
17s=850
highlight%28s=50%29--------shorts
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highlight%28t=150%29 --------t-shirts