Yolanda sold t-shirts at a festival and made a profit of $51 . She made $3 for each t-shirt she sold. Her total expenses were $27. How many t-shirts did she sell?

Question

Write an equation that could be used to answer the question above. First, choose the appropriate form. Then, fill in the blanks with the numbers 51, 3, and 27. X is the number of t shirts.

_x+_=_

_x-_=_

Then solve for x

Answer 1

Lets say she sold x no of T shirt

she $ 3 for each T shirt

for x no. of T-shirt she made 3x , and her expenses were $ 27

but her $51 her profit , so from above condition,

we can write the equation 3x- 27 = 51

adding 27 from both sides, we get,

3x = 51+ 27 - 78.

dividing by 3 on both sides,

x = 78/ 3 = 26

she sold 26 T - shirts...Answer now you can fill up the blanks 3x- 27 = 51

Answer 2