SOLUTION: Last week at a​ festival, a man sold 4 times as many​ tie-dyed T-shirts as​ silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many​ tie-dyed shirts did he​ sell?

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Question 1195478: Last week at a​ festival, a man sold 4 times as many​ tie-dyed T-shirts as​ silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many​ tie-dyed shirts did he​ sell?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Last week at a​ festival, a man sold 4 times as many​ tie-dyed T-shirts as​ silk-screened shirts. He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many​ tie-dyed shirts did he​ sell?
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T = 4S
T + S = 240
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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Last week at a​ festival, a man sold 4 times as many​ tie-dyed T-shirts as​ silk-screened shirts.
He sold 240 shirts altogether. How many​ tie-dyed shirts did he​ sell?
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x  silk-screened shirts  and  4x  tie-dyed T-shirts.


    x + 4x = 240   total shirts sold.


      5x   = 240

       x   =  240/5 = 48.


ANSWER.  48*4 = 192 tie-dyed T-shirts sold.

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