Question #27c32
1 Answer
Vests = 60
Explanation:
Let's assume that the following purchases were made:
Vests =
Soccer balls =
Cones =
The total purchased items =
It can be written in equation form as:
or,
or,
Now the total cost of purchase was =
Therefore, all items purchased with their individual costs should equal
This can be represented in an equation as follows:
or,
or,
Now, solving equation
To solve this equation, one of the unknown terms has to be cancelled or removed.
To make that happen, let's multiply
After multiplication by 2.5,
Now subtracting equation
Therefore, the new equation becomes:
or,
Thus, the number of soccer balls =
Number of cones =
and, vests =