Question

In August, Nancy's Clothing Store sold 266 shirts with the ratio of short sleeve to long sleeve being 4:10. How many short sleeve shirts were sold?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of short sleeve sold was 76

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x ----> the number of short sleeve sold

y ----> the number of long sleeve sold

we know that

$\frac{x}{y}=\frac{4}{10}$

$x=\frac{4}{10}y$ -----> equation A

$x+y=266$ -----> equation B

substitute equation A in equation B

$\frac{4}{10}y+y=266$

solve for y

$\frac{14}{10}y=266\\\\y=266(10)/14\\y=190$

Find the value of x

$x=\frac{4}{10}(190)=76$

therefore

The number of short sleeve sold was 76