Question

The student council bought 400 sweatshirts, 650 T-shirts, and 1100 notebooks to sell during the school year. At the end of the year the council had 96 sweatshirts, 139 T-shirts, and 227 notebooks left. How many items did they student council sell during the school year?​

Answer 1

1,688 items

Explanation:

So they had at total of 2,150 items at the start of the year. They had 400 sweatshirts, now they have 96(a decrease of 304), 650 T-shirts now they have 139(a decrease of 511), and 1100 notebooks to 227(a decrease of 873). They now have 462 items left. This means that they sold 1,688 items.

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