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Lorne owns five times as many shirts as hats. He has a total of 30 hats and shirts altogether. Write an equation that show this.

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Answer:

s = 5(30 -s)

Explanation:

The given relations support a system of equations:

s = 5h . . . . . . . . . . 5 times as many shirts as hats

s + h = 30 . . . . . . . 30 shirts and hats together

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s = 5(30 -s) . . . . . the number of shirts is 5 times the number of hats, and the number of hats is the difference between 30 items and the number of shirts.

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