Math question#12

Question

Tom has a t-shirt store he's sold three times as many white t-shirts as blue t-shirt Tom sold a total of 40 t shirt how many white t-shirts did Tom sell

Answer 1

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Let's say our blue t-shirts are "x". It says he sold three times as many white shirts as blue shirts. So to find the number of white shirts we multiply 3 times our blue shirts "x".:

x = blue shirts

3x = white shirts

Now it says he sold a total of 40 shirts. So if we add up our blue and white shirts we get 40:

x + 3x = 40

4x = 40

/4 /4

x = 10 blue shirts

3*10=30 white shirts

So he sold 10 blue shirts and 30 white shirts. I hope this explanation was thorough and answered all of your questions. If you have additional questions please don't hesitate to reach out. Learn on! :)