# algebra

one day a store sold 18 sweatshirts, white ones cost \$9.95 and yellow ones cost 12.50. in all 222.45 worth of sweatshirts were sold. how many of each were sold?

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1. number of whites --- x
number of yellows --- 18-x

995x + 1250(18-x) = 22245
(I changed the \$'s to cents)

solve for x, has to come out as a whole number

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