SOLUTION: In an evening, a sporting goods store sold twice as many t-shirts as shorts. T-shirts are $9 each and shorts are $14 each. The total amount of money taken in for both items was $25

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Question 650543: In an evening, a sporting goods store sold twice as many t-shirts as shorts. T-shirts are $9 each and shorts are $14 each. The total amount of money taken in for both items was $256. Find the number of each that was sold.
Answer by lynnlo(4176) About Me  (Show Source):
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8 shorts=$112.00
16shirts=$144.00
twice as many shirts were sold than shorts
8+8=16
which is double the shorts