SOLUTION: If a store sold 34 sweatshirts. White ones at $11..95 and yellow ones at$11.50. And the store sold $397.75 sweatshirts how many of each colors sold

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Question 1086025: If a store sold 34 sweatshirts. White ones at $11..95 and yellow ones at$11.50. And the store sold $397.75 sweatshirts how many of each colors sold
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, MathTherapy:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.W%2BY=34
2.1195W%2B1175Y=39775
Multiply 2 by 1175 and subtract from 2 to eliminate Y.
1195W%2B1175Y-1175W-1175Y=39775-39950
20W=-175
This leads to a negative, non-integer value for W.
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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If a store sold 34 sweatshirts. White ones at $11..95 and yellow ones at$11.50. And the store sold $397.75 sweatshirts how many of each colors sold
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