Problema Solution
Ron Co. sold sweatshirts ($20) and baseball caps ($10). If total sales were $2,860 and people bought 6 times as many sweatshirts as caps, how many of each were sold?
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Let
x = the number of caps sold
5x = the number of sweatshirts sold
20*5x + 10x = 2860
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x = 26 caps
5x = 5*26 = 130 sweatshirts
There 26 caps and 130 sweatshirts sold.