Answer:
T-shirts and Baseball Caps
Step-by-step explanation:
GIVEN: The ninth graders at a high school are raising money by selling T-shirts and baseball caps. The number of T-shirts sold was three times the number of caps. The profit they received for each T-shirt sold was , and the profit on each cap was .
TO FIND: If the students made a total profit of , how many T-shirts and how many caps were sold.
SOLUTION:
Let the total number of T-shirts sold are
Let the total number of Baseball Caps sold are
Profit received on each T-shirt
Profit received on each Baseball Caps
Total profit received on T-shirts
Total profit received on Baseball Caps
Also,
The number of T-shirts sold was three times the number of caps.
putting in equation,
Hence total t-shirts and baseball Caps were sold.