SOLUTION: Ace Hardware sells boxes of wrenches ($100) and hammers ($300). Howard ordered 40 boxes of wrenches and hammers for $8,400. How many boxes of hammers are in the order?
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Question 1127515: Ace Hardware sells boxes of wrenches ($100) and hammers ($300). Howard ordered 40 boxes of wrenches and hammers for $8,400. How many boxes of hammers are in the order? Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source):
Your money equation is
300*H + 100*((40-H) = 8400 dollars
where H = "How many boxes of hammers are in the order".
H = = 22. ANSWERCHECK. 300*22 + 100*(40-22) = 8400 dollars. ! Correct !
