Question

Tyana has a collection of hoodies and t-shirts. She has 561 pieces of collected clothing in all. The number of hoodies is twice the number of t-shirts. Find the number of each type of clothing she has.

Answer 1

187 t-shirts and 374 hoodies.

Explanation:

(t is shirts)

561 = t + (2t)

561 = 3t

/3. /3

187 = t

ck:

187 + ( 2 times 187) = 561

187 + 374 = 561

561 = 561