08-11-2006, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jennym
Ok, helping my kid with Honors Algebra 2. I must be fucking brain dead or something because a word problem is driving me nuts!! I can figure out the answer, but not the equation.
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.
God I feel like an idiot. Never been stumped by a damn word problem before. Any help is mucho appreciated.  |
Let x = amount of shirts
Let y = amount of shorts
2y =x
9x+14y = 256
9(2y)+14y=256
18y+14y=256
32y= 256
y=8
therfore x = 16
There you go.
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