Dots sells T-shirts for $2 and shorts for $3. In April, total sales were $576. People bought 3 times as many T-shirts as shorts. How many T-shirts and shorts did Dots sell?

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Gustavo Mcbride

11 May, 23:31

Dots sells T-shirts for $2 and shorts for $3. In April, total sales were $576. People bought 3 times as many T-shirts as shorts. How many T-shirts and shorts did Dots sell?

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Skylar Delacruz · Answer 1

So here is how we are going to find the answer.

Given that T = $2 and S = $3 and the total amount is $576.

Since people bought 3 times as many T-shirts as shorts, we can say that S = 3 (T)

Therefore: T + 3 (T) = 576

4T = 576

T = $144

S = 3 (T)

S = 3 (144)

S = $432

Now that we have the total amount of each items, we will divide them with the corresponding price.

T = $2, 144 divided by 2 and we get 72. Therefore, 72 T-shirts were sold.

S = $3, So, 432 divided by 3, and we get 144. Therefore, 144 shorts were sold.

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