SOLUTION: A tailor charges $7.80 for every piece of shirt altered and $8.00 for every pair of pants altered.Last month,the tailor collected a total of $8103.00 from altering shirts and pants
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Question 1117877: A tailor charges $7.80 for every piece of shirt altered and $8.00 for every pair of pants altered.Last month,the tailor collected a total of $8103.00 from altering shirts and pants.For every 27 pieces of clothes altered, 15 of them were shirts and the rest were pants.What was the total number of pieces of shirts and pants altered ? Answer by josgarithmetic(39627) (Show Source):
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For every 27 pieces of clothes altered, 15 of them were shirts and the rest were pants.
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$7.80 for every piece of shirt altered and $8.00 for every pair of pants altered.Last month,the tailor collected a total of $8103.00 from altering shirts and pants.
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