Question

A local Walmart sells sweatpants ($7) and jackets ($14). If total sales were $6,160 and customers bought 8 times as many sweatpants as jackets, what would be the number of jackets sold?

A. 880
B. 8
C. 88
D. 8,880
E. None of these

Answer 1

Option C) 88

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Unit cost of sweatpants = $7

Unit cost of jackets = $14

Let x be the number of sweatpants sold and y be the number of jackets sold.

Customers bought 8 times as many sweatpants as jackets

Then, we can write,

`x = 8y`

Total sales = $6,160

`7x + 14y = 6160`

Substituting the values, we get,

`7(8y) + 14y = 6160\\70y = 6160\\y = 88\\x = 704`

Thus, 88 jackets were sold.

Option C) 88