Nora sold $2504 worth of blazers and jackets. She earned $184 less on the jackets than the blazers. Each jacket is sold for $5 more than each blazer. The number of jackets sold was ⁵₇ of the number of blazers sold.

1. How much did Nora earn from the sales of the blazers?
2. How many blazers were sold?

(a)
Amount that Nora earned from the sales of the blazers
= (2504 + 184) ÷ 2
= 2688 ÷ 2
= $1344 

(b)
Amount that Nora earned from the sales of the jackets
= 1344 - 184
= $1160

Number of sets of jackets sold = 5  
Number of sets of blazers sold = 7

Cost of 1 set of jackets sold
= 1160 ÷ 5
= $232

Cost of 1 set of blazers sold
= 1344 ÷ 7
= $192

Amount that 1 set of jackets was more than 1 set of blazers 
= 232 - 192
= $40

Number of items in 1 set
= 40 ÷ 5
= 8

Number of blazers sold
= 7 x 8
= 56

Answer(s): (a) $1344 ; (b) 56