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Question

Last week at a festival, a man sold 3 times as many tie-dyed T- shirts as silkscreen shirts. He sold 152 shirts altogether. How many tie-dyed shirts did he sell

Answer 1

Let T be the number of tie-dyed shirts he sold and S be the number of silkscreen shirts he sold. Since the number of tie-dyed shirts sold is 3 times the number of silkscreen shirts, we know that T = 3S. Also, because he sold 152 shirts altogether, we know that T + S = 152.

First, we can plug in 3S for T in the equation T + S = 152:

3S + S = 152

4S = 152

S = 152/4

S = 38

Now, since we know that T = 3S and S = 38, we can plug in 38 for S and solve for T:

T = 3(38) = 114

Therefore, the man sold 114 tie-dyed shirts.