Dots sells T-shirts ($4) and shorts ($5). In April, total sales were $468. People bought 2 times as many T-shirts as shorts. How many T-shirts and shorts did Dots sell? Number of T-shirts Number of shorts
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Dots sells T-shirts ($4) and shorts ($5). In April, total sales were $468. People bought 2 times as many T-shirts as shorts.
How many T-shirts and shorts did Dots sell?
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Let the number of T-shirts sold be x.
Let the number of shorts sold be y.
Now, one T-shirt costs $4 and one shorts cost $5.
Therefore, x T-shirts cost $4x .
And y shorts cost $5y.
Now, total sales were $468 .
Therefore,
Also, we have that the number of T-shirts sold were 2 times of shorts.
Therefore,
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